US Senator calls for investigation into Marilyn Manson abuse allegations

Evan Rachel Wood has shared a letter from a senator calling for an investigation into the abuse claims against Marilyn Manson.

The 52-year-old rocker’s former fiancee Evan Rachel Wood was one of five women to claim on Monday they had been sexually and emotionally abused by the “Fight Song’ hitmaker – whose real name is Brian Warner – and now the 33-year-old actress has shared a letter written by California State Senator Susan Rubio, which she had sent to the Acting Attorney General of the United States and the director of the FBI calling for an investigation.

The letter, which Evan shared on Instagram, read in part: “The alleged victims have named Marilyn Manson, also known as Brian Hugh Warner, as the perpetrator.

I ask that the US Department of Justice meet with the alleged victims immediately and investigate these accusations.”

“As a domestic violence survivor who now advocates for victims in my role of California state legislator, I share a common trauma of emotional, psychological and physical control at the hands of an abuser. Victims are almost always isolated from loved ones, making it that much more difficult to escape or come forward.

They are usually not believed or are threatened to keep quiet. One of the reasons I fought for victims in my state to have more time to seek justice and to be allowed to use evidence of psychological and abusive behavior, commonly referred to as coercive control, was because they needed additional protections to stop the abuse.

“Since some of the alleged cases against Mr. Warner are from California, I am especially alarmed. Individuals who engage in this kind of abuse are often serial offenders.

“If these allegations are true, and no investigation is undertaken, we will be failing the victims and allowing a possible perpetrator to continue abusing unsuspecting victims. That must not be allowed to happen.