A master Marilyn Manson timeline that walks through the abuse allegations and cases from actress Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esme Bianco, model Ashley Smithline, a former personal assistant and others dating back to 2007 into 2011. These allegations are the focus of multiple civil lawsuits as well as criminal investigations.
To date, Manson has settled multiple lawsuits for undisclosed amounts but has not been criminally charged with any crime of sexual misconduct or human trafficking.
This is an actively evolving situation spanning more than a decade with many players. Walk through a journey up to this point, below, that details key dates, relationships and legal updates as well as many relevant articles and interviews.
Note: Wood’s ex husband also appears on the timeline as it is a separate family case involving him that a now infamous fake FBI letter emerged.
MARILYN MANSON TIMELINE
ALLEGATIONS, RELATIONSHIPS & CASES
1996 – Per a sworn statement, actress Paula M. Weiss was dating Marilyn Manson when she appeared in his short horror film Groupie when she was over the age of 21. The project was mischaracterized as pornography of minors by Wood’s ex-girlfriend Ashley Illma Gore — a topic covered in a lawsuit filed against the women in March 2022.
2005 – JAN 22: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell first meet at the Sundance Film Festival.
2005 – Spring – Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell work together in Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends music video. It debuts in March.
2005 – Jamie Bell and Kate Mara meet during a chemistry test, according to Jonathan Ross Show appearance by Jamie and Watch What Happens Live appearance by Kate Mara.
2005 – DEC 5: Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood attend the King Kong premiere as a couple.
2006 – MAY 5: Evan Rachel Wood and actor Edward Norton are rumored to be dating after they were seen holding hands ahead of their films theatrical release.
2006 – Evan Rachel Wood and Manson meet for the first time at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood and forged a friendship that evolved into a romantic relationship.
2006 – OCT 31: Marilyn Manson opens art exhibit in LA – both then wife Dita Von Teese and Evan Rachel Wood in attendance.
2006 – DEC 27: Dita Von Teese files for divorce from Marilyn Manson. She has since sited drug use and infidelity for the separation.
~ 2007 – As young teens, Illma Gore became homeless with her twin sister as the relationship with their mentally ill and alcoholic mother dissolved. She reflects on this in a documentary-promo on YouTube. It’s unclear if the documentary was ever finished.
2007 — APR 23: People reports on Dita Von Teese commenting about Evan Rachel Wood as the other woman when her marriage to Manson was breaking apart.
2007 – MAY 7: Marilyn Manson’s Heart-Shaped Glasses video released — costarring Evan Rachel Wood who broke a record earning the biggest paycheck at the time for for a music video cameo. Wood initially was enthused about the project but in 2022 alleged she was assaulted on set.
“At the end of the video, we’re kissing and it’s raining blood — and for me, that was one of the most romantic moments of my entire life,” Wood told GQ months after the video’s premiered in August.
2007 – MAY 18: People magazine reports on now deleted Spin Magazine interview where Marilyn Manson discusses personal things:
- The divorce made him feel destroyed with no soul
- Reportedly Dita Von Teese objected to his creative hour being between 3 to 5 am and he was left to sleep on the couch in his own home
- Evan Rachel Wood captivated him by saying she’d die for him and that made him want to live
2007 – JUNE 4: In Rolling Stone, Manson describes his first ever painting of 19-year-old Evan Rachel Wood that he named after her film Pretty Persuasion and that he was excited to find someone else in the world that established a connection with him.
2007 – JULY 11: Elle magazine publishes an interview with Evan Rachel Wood that includes discussion on her relationship with Manson and how he is a positive and inspiring influence on her. Her assertions:
- They met at Chateau Marmont party and both were hiding in a corner because they didn’t want to be there
- They became “movie buddies” until after he separated from Dita Von Teese when they looked into one another’s eyes and knew
2007 – SEP 11: TMZ caught Evan Rachel Wood in Toronto and dubbed her a “Dita wannabe.”
2007 — SEP: Evan Rachel Wood appears in Nylon magazine and shares she’s in the process of moving in with Marilyn Manson and that it was ‘fate’ the two of them met. She also at length speaks positively about the experience filming Heart-Shaped Glasses.
2007 — SEP 29: Evan Rachel Wood discusses her tattoos in an Associated Press interview – including a heart tattoo she comments represents the 1935 horror film Mad Love that she and Manson got on Valentine’s Day.
2007 – DEC 6: Marilyn Manson appears on the “Graham Norton” show. There’s casual mention of MM having a new young girlfriend before moving onto other topics.
2007 – DEC 10: Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood seen at Led Zeppelin concert in UK.
2007 – DEC: Divorce finalized between Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese.
2008 – NOV 7: Evan Rachel Wood tells People magazine that her split from Marilyn Manson was amicable and that he was loving and that claims about her brother being kicked out are untrue:
“Manson owns the house he lives in. My brother has never stayed there and the person that said such horrible things about Manson being ‘controlling’ and ’emotionally abusive’ is certainly no source ‘close’ to me,” Woods says. “Manson has been by my side and taken care of me through the best and worst times. I love him as a person and as an artist. I will always be proud to have been a part of that.
2008 – NOV 26: Interview magazine publishes an article with Evan Rachel Wood again speaking positively about Manson and the Heart-Shaped Glasses music video. She also discusses how she feels it’s unfair the satire and irony of his art is misunderstood.
2008 – DEC 25: Following a split with Evan Rachel Wood, Marilyn Manson tells SPIN Magazine that he was incredibly low and alone feeling like he’d put his trust in the wrong person.
2009 – APR 23: Reunited as a couple, Evan Rachel Wood was captured by TMZ where she says Manson’s “charming, sweet and funny.”
2009 – JUNE 8: People magazine reports that Evan Rachel Wood and Shane West were spotted holding hands and appearing close at Hollywood birthday party.
2009 JUNE 24: SPIN Magazine publishes article discussion the breakup with Evan and how he allegedly phoned her 158 times while cutting himself. Evan would go on to describe a similar situation in her 2022 Phoenix Rising documentary.
2009 – JULY 2: Evan Rachel Wood interview with Vanity Fair where she discusses a fascination with Lolita since the age of 16. She also very positively discusses her relationship with Marilyn Manson. Article also mentions the likeliness that she’s having a fling with Shane West.
2009 – DEC 9: Marilyn Manson tells SPIN magazine that he and Evan Rachel Wood have reunited once again as a couple.
2010 – JAN 5: Marilyn Manson proposed on stage to Evan Rachel Wood – also his 41st birthday. She said yes.
2010 – AUG: Marie Clare runs a Q&A with Evan where she says that her wedding ceremony will be at night
2010 – AUG 17: People magazine reports that Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson call off engagement. Manson spotted at this time with Lindsay Usich — whom he would go on to marry in 2020.
2010 – OCT 7: Elle Canada publishes interview with Evan Rachel Wood again asserting the Heart-Shaped Glasses music video was an obvious homage to Lolita and her personal obsession with the classic.
2010 – OCT 6: A&E publishes a documentary special that suggests Manson first proposed to Evan Rachel Wood in Oct. 2008 but she declined.
2010 — OCT 22: Evan Rachel Wood interviewed by Nylon magazine with more positive things to say about dating Manson.
2010 – OCT 30: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich photographed together at Halloween party in Las Vegas.
2011 – 2015
2011 — FEB: Evan Rachel Wood’s filming for The Ides of March begins.
2011 — APR 7: Evan Rachel Wood reveals in NY Magazine that she was immediately on set filming HBO’s acclaimed Mildred Pierce after her relationship with Manson dissolved for the final time but that their time together helped her grow as a person.
2011 — APR 18: Evan Rachel Wood tells Esquire magazine she’s bisexual and that her interest in androgyny is part of what led to her dating rockstar Marilyn Manson.
2017 — APR: Filming for Evan Rachel Wood’s movie The Ides of March continues in Michigan.
2011 – JULY 2: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell publicly reunite when they attend Spider-Man on Broadway as a couple.
2011 — SEPT 29: Marie Clare publishes interview with Evan Rachel Wood declaring that despite their split, she’s grateful she and Manson were engaged as it legitimizes their relationship.
2011 — OCT 24: The Guardian publishes an interview with Evan Rachel Wood further reflecting on bisexuality, her relationship with Marilyn Manson and her career.
2011 — OCT 31: Evan Rachel Wood tells The Independent that Manson made her the person that she is and that he’s inspiring.
2012 – OCT 27: Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood attend film gala event.
2012 – OCT 30: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell “marry” – but not by law. They reportedly were dating for two years prior – so sometime in 2010.
2012 – NOV 4: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell pregnant with son.
2012 – NOV 14: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich photographed holding hands at LAX.
2013 — JAN 11: People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood announcing pregnancy.
2013 – APRIL 16: Evan Rachel Wood attends a Tribeca Film Festival party hosted by Vanity Fair while pregnant with JB’s son due that summer.
2013 — JULY 30: People magazine reports on Evan’s style while pregnant.
2013 – SEPT 27: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich photographed holding hands at HBO premiere for Eastbound and Down.
2013 – OCT 29: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich together at Las Vegas Halloween party.
2013 – NOV 3: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell attend gala event.
2013 – DEC 11: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich seen hugging at screening.
2014 – MAR 2: Evan Rachel Wood attends Vanity Fair Oscar party.
2014 – APR 10: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich attend Johnny Depp’s Transcendence premiere.
2014 – MAY 28: Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell announce split. At this time Evan announces a break from social media and Jamie deletes his account.
2014 – JULY 24: Ashley Illma Gore and actress Ruby Rose have an art mural in New York City Time Square.
2014 – SEPT 6: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich attend Sons of Anarchy premiere.
2014 – OCT 4: Illma Gore and Ruby Rose collaborate again on a mural in Pennsylvania.
2014 – OCT 19: Evan Rachel Wood publishes a series of now-deleted tweets accusing Vanity Fair magazine of making her feel like “meat” and erasing her identity. She receives A LOT of press on this from major publishers.
2014 — NOV 15: DailyMail reports Evan Rachel Wood splits with actress Katherine Moenning after a brief romance.
2015 – JAN 13: Illma Gore raising money for art exhibit – saying for $10 she will get anyone’s name tattooed on her body. Her venture was even covered by the DailyMail.
2015 – FEB 6 – APRIL 4: Evan Rachel Wood stars in a John Hughes themed cabaret show in Hollywood – where she meets Zach Villa.
2015 — APR 15: Daily Mail reports on Evan Rachel Wood spotted holding hands with Michael Thomas Grant.
2015 — JUNE 15: Daily Mail reports on Evan Rachel Wood seen at Disneyland on a date with Andy Tongren.
2015 – AUGUST 20: Evan told Net-a-Porter’s The Edit:
“I thought I was in love. I wasn’t doing it to prove a point or be rebellious. I wanted to break a mold for sure — I knew I was edgier, more alternative, and weird. And [Marilyn] was just what I needed, because I felt really free with him. And that freedom was attractive. … I wouldn’t trade any of [our relationship]. I appreciate everything he taught me. I just don’t think we were right for each other.”
2015 – OCT 23: Kate Mara and Jamie Bell spotted smooching in NYC as a new couple.
2016 – 2020
2016 – MAR 22: Nylon magazine publishes article with Ashley Illma Gore and Evan Rachel Wood discussing Donald Trump and her most famous piece of artwork — a portrait mocking the presidential candidate. Gore was in a relationship with Wood’s then personal assistant.
2016 – APR 29: Ashley Illma Gore claims she was punched in the face by a Donald Trump supporter in an act of violence when walking in Los Angeles.
2016 – MAY 6: One week after an alleged attack by a Trump supporter that received widespread media attention, the LAPD told the LA Times there was no corroborating evidence the incident took place beyond Gore’s word.
2016 – JUNE 3: Evan Rachel Wood interview appears in Billboard magazine. She describes her relationship with Zach Villa, “When Zach and I met – I was in a time in my life where I was tired of making myself smaller for other people and I was ready to overcome oppressive situations and begin a time of rebirth.”
2016 — JULY 18: People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood defending Amber Heard.
2016 – NOV 1: Elect This video interview published with Ashley Illma Gore discussing art she’s working on related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
2016 – NOV 7: YouTube trailer published on documentary that focuses on Illma Gore where she discusses being homeless as an adolescent and her approach to artwork and the Trump painting. The full project appears to never have been released.
2016 – NOV 17: Evan Rachel Wood Rolling Stone interview reveals she recently moved to a small town in Tennessee. She also stresses the sex scenes in the Heart-Shaped Glasses music video were not real and that her relationship with Manson was positive. She goes on to say, however, that she has been raped on two occasions – in a prior relationship and by a bar owner.
2016 – DEC 11: Evan Rachel Wood spotted kissing her bandmate Zach Villa at the Critics Choice awards and runs into his arms after winning for her work in Westworld.
2017 – JAN 8:
- Jamie Bell and actress Kate Mara announce engagement
- Evan Rachel Wood attends Golden Globes and later tweets that she walked out in “tears” after a “pedophile” won an award. She goes on to urge people to circulate predators in Hollywood
2017 – JAN 17: Illma Gore featured in New York Post YouTube video about painting in blood.
2017 – JAN 30: Evan Rachel Wood announces her engagement to band mate Zack Villa at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
2017 — MARCH 28: People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood addressing how she’s confronting her demons and healing on Westworld and an alleged first album with Zack Villa. (No album has been released).
2017 – MARCH 29: Elle Canada publishes an interview with Evan Rachel Wood where she says positive things about Jamie Bell and that she moved to Nashville so Jack could live in a more “normal” environment.
2017 – MAY 4: Evan Rachel Rood and Jamie Bell dispute over parentage action. In Evan’s response she confirmed that Jamie is Jack’s father and that Jack resides in LA county. This contradicts her assertion that Jack has been a TN resident since 2016 and that Jamie Bell was aware of this.
2017 – MAY 23: Kate Mara on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” shares that she and Jamie Bell fell in love while on the Fantastic Four press tour.
2017 – JULY 7: Brian Warner’s father passes away. Manson honors him on Instagram by saying he taught him how “to be a man, a fighter and a survivor.
2017 – JULY 15: Evan’s ex Jamie Bell marries actress Kate Mara. This would be his first official marriage as he and Evan never married legally.
2017 – AUG 9: Jamie Bell tells People magazine that he was abandoned by his father as a child and vows to never walk out on his son.
2017 – SEP 7: People magazine reports, Zach Villa and Evan Rachel Wood end their engagement.
2017 — OCT 12: People magazine reports on the 20-minute (now deleted) YouTube video Evan Rachel Wood published discussing abuse and why she has not yet named her abusers (plural).
2017 – NOV 8: Ashley Illma Gore first appears on Getty Images at a Tradesy Showroom Opening in Santa Monica, California.
2017 — NOV 24: Pop singer Chloe Black names Marilyn Manson’s “I Don’t Like the Drugs But the Drugs Like Me” among her top 10 favorite songs from the 1990s.
2018 – JAN 7: TMZ shows video of Evan Rachel Wood at the airport discussing that people can choose to support the #MeToo movement however they like. When pressed what other means one could do so, she shares that they could form a group and surround that person you want to call out as a predator.
2018 – FEB 8: Evan Rachel Wood testifies before the US Congress Judiciary Committee to advocate for passage of legislation to support survivors across the nation. Her testimony includes first time details of an abusive past relationship she experienced and that waves of memories resurfacing because of the #MeToo movement.
2018 – FEB 27: Evan Rachel Wood appears in “Funny or Die” video comparing the #MeToo movement to a funny game of Guess Who – all in conjunction with raising donations for the RISE Now nonprofit organization.
2018 – APRIL 24:
- Evan Rachel Wood on James Corden Show where they discuss the Vanity Fair cover Wood had previously claimed was a shoot that treated her like meat — celebrating its anniversary and commenting how fun it would be to recreate as adults.
- Ashley Illma Gore photographed with friend Ruby Rose in Hollywood
2018 – AUG 10: Hollywood Reporter reports that LA County’s District Attorney was dismissing a case into 2011 sexual assault allegations against Brian Warner/Marilyn Manson — citing the statute of limitations and the absence of corroboration.
2018 – SEP 16: Evan Rachel Wood walks Emmys red carpet with #MeToo activist Amanda Nguyen.
2019 — JAN 30: Evan Rachel Wood publishes an essay in Nylon magazine on her experience previously living in a mental hospital.
2019 – FEB 12: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich photographed together at LAX.
2019 – MAR 11:
- Evan Rachel Wood publishes an Instagram video as part of her #IAmNotOK movement where she is emotional and telling the camera, “I don’t remember what it feels like to not be scared.”
- Wood shares images of 2010 photoshoot with Chris Evans for Elle Magazine x Gucci. She alleges she was severely depressed from abuse by Manson, unable to stand and sent home after collapsing in a pool of tears. A behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot doesn’t reflect that.
- People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood alleging she cut herself after an abuse encounter.
2019 — MAR 12: BBC publishes article Evan Rachel Wood comments surrounding abuse.
2019 – MAR 19: Evan Rachel Wood on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard, talking about her childhood and experiences as an actress as well as her experiences being abused, groomed and gaslit.
2019 — MAR 29: Elle Canada interviews Evan Rachel Wood to promote Westworld and discuss feminism and her move to Tennessee.
2019 — APR 19:
- People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood participating in EDMR trauma therapy.
- Wood opens Phoenix Act nonprofit organization out of California
2019 – APR 23: Evan Rachel Wood testified before a panel of California lawmakers to advocate on the Phoenix Act — legislation sponsored by Susan Rubio that would extend the statute of limitations in criminal abuse cases. In her testimony, she describes a past abusive relationship. While she did not name her abuser within her testimony — members of the public inferred it to be about Marilyn Manson.
2019 – APR 26: Marilyn Manson, Lindsay Usich and Dita Von Teese attend Libertine show in LA.
2019 – MAY 15: Today show interview between Evan Rachel Wood and Maria Shriver on her mutual experience with domestic abuse.
2019 – MAY 27: Kate Mara and Jamie Bell welcome their first baby – a daughter.
2019 – JULY 19: Actress Esme Bianco testifies on behalf of the Phoenix Act before California Senate. Bianco was in a past relationship with Manson in 2011.
2019 – SEP: Allegedly IIllma Gore used the fictitious [email protected] email to distribute links to pornography without Manson’s knowledge or consent.
2019 — SEP 21: Just Jared reports that Evan Rachel Wood and her then-girlfriend Ashley Illma Gore attended an outdoor Moulin Rouge screening in LA.
2019 – SEP 23: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich attend The Walking Dead premiere.
2019 — OCT 10:
- People magazine reports on Evan Rachel Wood “rising from the ashes” of abuse.
- Vulture reports on Gavin Newsom signing the Phoenix Act into law
2019 – OCT 11: The Phoenix Act achieves tax exemption status from the IRS – EIN 83-4618392.
2019 — OCT 30: SELF magazine publishes an interview where Evan Rachel Wood describes having “complex PTSD” and that she experiences disassociation, impulse control and agoraphobia.
2019 – NOV 6: Harpers Bazaar publishes interview with Evan Rachel Wood claim she’s received death threats on numerous occasions from her abuser and she tried obtaining a restraining order with video evidence but was informed nothing could be done as the statute of limitations had past.
2020 – JAN 26: Upon Kobe Bryant’s death, Evan Rachel Wood honored him by tweeting that he is a rapist. She receives backlash – including from Vanesa Bryant in 2/2021 – but never apologizes.
2020 – FEB 9: Lindsay Usich and Marilyn Manson attend Vanity Fair Oscar party.
2020 – APR: Marilyn Manson and Lindsay Usich and sang “Love Me Tender” to one another in a Facetime ceremony with Nicolas Cage present. This was later discussed in a 10/2020 conversation between the two that was published for Interview magazine.
2020 – JULY 19: Showbiz Kids documentary debuts on HBO – featuring Evan Rachel Wood commenting on coming of age in Hollywood and understanding sexuality at the young age of 12.
2020 — SEP 11: Brian Warner releases the Marilyn Manson We Are Chaos album to positive reviews.
2020 – SEP 12: Esme Bianco shares GoFundMe link that was retweeted by Ashley Illma Gore — asking for donations to support their efforts in ‘breaking the cycle of violence.’ She also shares a Medium article that transcribes her 2019 testimony before California lawmakers.
2020 – SEP 13: The Phoenix Act publishes their last tweet. This would be the last public fundraising push for the organization.
2020 – SEP 28: Evan Rachel Wood sits for Variety interview and discusses deleting her Twitter account a few months prior – citing she didn’t like her tweets being misrepresented by the media.
2020 – SEP 30: Ashley Illma Gore reaches out to Katheryn McGaffigan — a past contact of Manson’s in an attempt to ‘recruit’ her into a survivor group.
2020 – OCT 2: Evan Rachel Wood shares Instagram about “psychopaths re parasitic” and living a psychopath free life. This could be in reference to either her ex JB or Manson as she’s gone on to make similar comments about both.
2020 – OCT 3: Evidence shows Ashley Illma Gore again reaches out to Katheryn McGaffigan, stating:
- She and Evan Rachel Wood have been investigating grooming by adults in the music industry
- The Groupie short horror film features an underage girl that she believes is Jeanette
- The “FBI” is involved and working with them
- There are many more teenagers who have been abused
- To get back in touch with her about similar experiences
2020 – OCT 15: According to a sworn declaration, Ashley Illma Gore emails Greta Aurora — a young woman who had a romantic weekend with Manson in 2011 — inviting her to join in the group to discuss possible shared experiences.
2020 – OCT 21: Filming for Evan Rachel Wood’s Phoenix Rising documentary directed by Amy Berg was underway as women gathered in Los Angeles to discuss allegations of abuse by Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson. In attendance was actress Esme Bianco, Ashley Illma Gore, model Sarah McNeilly, model Ashley Smithline, former personal assistant Ashley Walters and former personal assistant Dan Cleary.
2020 – NOV 24: Metal Hammer publishes an interview with Marilyn Manson that was abruptly cut short when he was asked about Evan Rachel Wood’s abuse allegations and the #MeToo movement.
2020 – NOV 22: Above exchange featured in Manson’s lawsuit shows “Alabama” drafting letter with Gore.
2020 – DEC 18: Illma Gore submits some form of evidence to the FBI in Los Angeles. The signature for Agent Elizabeth Farrell closely resembles the one used on the fake FBI letter. A copy of the signed FBI documentation is found on the iPad Bryton Gore presented that Illma does not contest is legitimate.
2020 – DEC 19:
- Evan Rachel Wood allegedly made a police report against Manson’s wife Lindsay Usich. She alleged that Usich was conspiring to harm her reputation by publishing photos of a younger Evan wearing a Hitler mustache and posing with a Nazi knife dabbled with cocaine.
- Evan Rachel Wood’s ex arrives home to LA and learns Wood broke their pre-arranged agreement that their son would spend the holidays with him in California. This is the start of the fake FBI letter saga.
2020 – DEC 22: Evan Rachel Wood writes ex that she’ll be spending the holidays with their son in Tennessee. She alleges she’s a “key witness” in an investigation and her safety in California is at risk.
2020 – DEC 23:
- Evan Rachel Wood sends Jamie Bell an FBI letter in the “Signal” app that names Illma Gore as a key witness in a federal investigation. It’s quickly unsent followed by an updated copy that lists her name as the “key witness” in an investigation. In court documents, Bell states the initial letter he saw bared the name Illma Gore — who he knew as Evan’s girlfriend.
- JB follows up with Evan that he’s been trying to get in touch with the federal agent but it was the wrong number but that he was given a new number to contact.
2021 – Present
2021 – JAN 10: Evan Rachel Wood emails JB that she’s receiving death threats. She suggests mediation with a private family judge. She asks he communicate with her attorneys Samantha F. Spector and Lisa Helfend Meyer to arrange this.
2021 – JAN 22:
- JB files a statement with LA County family court updating them on his correspondence with Evan Rachel Wood and inability to visit with their son.
- Ashley Illma Gore again emails Emese Balog about joining the group of survivors of abuse within the music industry.
2021 – JAN 29: JB files Paternity Petition in LA County Superior Court.
2021 – FEB 1: Led by Evan Rachel Wood, a number of allegations against Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson were published on Instagram naming him as an abuser. He was immediately dropped by his then record label as well as multiple film projects.
2021 – FEB 2: Marilyn Manson reportedly dropped by his talent agency CAA following the abuse. allegations
2021 – FEB 3: The canceled rockstar’s home was the location of a swatting incident with several responding squad cars as well as paparazzi and even a helicopter. At approximately 8:10 pm, an associate of Warner’s received the following email RE Illma Gore, a woman he’s never met, from the LAPD:
Today we were notified by the FBI that they received a call from a friend of Mr. Manson. The friend, Illma Gore, has not been able to reach him and is concerned for his safety. We went to his residence – but there was no answer. Is there a way for us to contact him to check on his well-being? If not, can you have him reach out to Illma?
2021 – FEB 6: Evan Rachel Wood posts an Instagram story about filing the Dec. 2020 police report against Leslee Lane and Lindsay Usich for their alleged attempts to destroy her career via old inappropriate party photos. She posts a copy of the police incident form and captures from a Manson fan Discord.
2021 – FEB 8: Gore used the fake email to create communications appearing that Warner and attorneys were in talks regarding a criminal investigation. Manson’s complaint states the email sender “did not work for, or ever work for, that attorney”.
2021 – FEB 11: Actress Esme Bianco breaks her silence on the abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson by appearing on Good Morning America with claims her assaulted and human trafficked her.
2021 – FEB 18: Evan Rachel Wood attorney Shawn Holley emails FBI agent Elizabeth C. Farrell (of the Crimes Against Children division) a link to Nylon reporting on her testimony before Congress on abuse.
2021 – FEB 22: Evan Rachel Wood files paternity action in Tennessee against JB with written testimony explaining her point-of-view as to why she cannot agree to a co-parenting agreement in California due to safety concerns. Their son’s school was located in CA but was still with Wood in Tennessee and attending virtual classes.
2021 – FEB 25: TN court documents reflect JB FaceTimed with his son who was upset from the unwanted separation. The child also showed a drawing of a man who has been hurting him. JB testifies Evan interjected that no the bad man was hurting HER.
2021 – MAR 5: Federal Agent Elizabeth C. Farrell reaches out to Evan Rachel Wood’s attorney Shawn Holley about scheduling an interview on allegations against Warner at the FBI’s Nashville office. Holley quickly responds that ERW agrees that’s a good location.
2021 – MAR 16: Attorney Holley reaches back out to Agent Farrell about scheduling the interview in Nashville.
2021 – MAR 17: FBI Agent Farrell writes Shawn Holley to confirm if April 2 is a good date to speak with Wood at the Nashville office. She continues that there would be a representative from both the LA Sheriff’s Dept. and District Attorney’s office participating virtually.
2021 – MAR 21: Agent Farrell follows-up again with Holley RE the Nashville interview and copies in Detective David Van Dyke of the LA Sheriff’s Dept. April 2 is confirmed as the date of the interview with Wood and mornings work best.
2021 – MAR 25: Agent Farrell and Attorney Holley pinpoint 9 am as time for the April 2 interview with Wood.
2021 – MAR 17: JB was notified by Evan Rachel Wood’s attorneys that he can see his son for the first time since Dec. 2020 soon.
2021 – MAR 22: Evan Rachel Wood files written testimony in custody agreement — opposing JB’s petition for joint custody.
2021 – APR: Ashley Illma Gore traveled to Australia to visit with her sister and nieces. According to testimony, Bryton Gore witnessed:
- A tense phone conversation on speak phone between her sister and Evan Rachel Wood discussing “something wrong” with the “FBI” letter
- Illma then using the Procreate app on an iPad device to transfer a signature from one document to a letter.
- The updated document being sent to Evan Rachel Wood after edits
2021 – APR 5: Evan Rachel Wood has a hearing within her custody case where the court questions the nature of the “investigation” she’s involved in that prompted her to abruptly move out of state.
2021 – APR 28: Evan Rachel Wood files additional written testimony in the custody case where she expands that it is not only Marilyn Manson who is a safety threat to her but also his “network” of fanatic supporters who are reportedly extreme satanists, Nazis and pedophiles who have assisted him in kidnapping and ritualistically torturing women as well as covering up crimes. She provided no evidence to support this claim.
2021 – MAY 6: Evan Rachel Wood sits under oath in her custody proceeding and when asked about the safety concerns at issue, Wood testifies she’s not received any alleged threats from Manson since 2014. She notable makes no mention of any active “FBI” investigation, which is interesting as its been established she was interviewed by the FBI in Nashville a month prior.
2021 — JULY 28: Manson motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Esme Bianco from federal court on her claims of assault and human trafficking. This was denied — the case ultimately was settled in January. 2023.
2021 – AUG 29: After Kanye West invited Manson to perform at his viral Donda concert, Evan Rachel Wood was photographed giving him the finger on stage at one of her personal concerts.
2021 – SEP 21: Evan Rachel Wood shares a post focusing on the sexualizing of children and anger at Netflix over publishing the French film Cuties.
2021 – OCT 5: Angered by the lack of criminal charges against Manson, Evan Rachel Wood posts phone numbers for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office on Instagram. She asks followers to contact the LADA to inquire on what’s being doing in the Brian Warner case.
2021 – OCT TO NOV: According to testimony, Bryton Gore’s relationship with her sister Ashley Illma Gore had dissolved due to her sister’s abusive behavior and she discovered evidence related to this behavior against her as well as Marilyn Manson on an iPad device Illma gifted her because it was broken. Her testimony and exhibits cover:
- She was able to power up the broken iPad that her sister gifted her
- The device housed email drafts and emails sent written in Bryton’s name that she never wrote or authorized
- Screenshot of a Signal app exchange between Evan and Illma, drafting a letter about a federal investigation
- Two images of a “checklist” of various forms of abuse that closely mirror the allegations against Manson — including a blank electronic version and copy filled-out by another accuser
- Beyond the evidence found, Bryton conversed over the phone with Wood in early Nov. 2021. Illma was falsely claiming her sister had died three-months prior and had split with Evan at the time.
- Over the phone, the subject of the fake FBI letter came up. Bryton did not want to comply with Wood’s request she keep it quiet and “think of what would happen” to her and the “victims” if it ever got out.
2021 — NOV 7: People magazine reports on model Ashley Morgan Smithline commenting that Manson’s appearance Kanye West concerts is re-traumatizing.
2021 — NOV 9: Bryton Gore obtains a TRO against her sister Ashley Illma Gore in Santa Cruz, CA.
2021 — NOV 14: Rolling Stone publishes an expose interviewing multiple people on allegations against Warner.
2021 – NOV 29: TMZ reports that the LA County Sheriff’s Dept raided the private home of Brian Warner — seizing multiple devices — in connection with the ongoing investigation into claims of abuse and human trafficking.
2021 – DEC 6: Daily Mail publishes an “Exclusive” including documents from Evan Rachel Wood’s custody case with the forged FBI letter. The leaked court documents are credited to the law firm representing Wood in the case against her ex.
2022 – JAN 20: Amy Berg’s Phoenix Rising makes its debut at the Sundance Film Festival — detailing the various abuse allegations for Wood et al against Warner. The project oddly includes no licensed professionals qualified to speak on such serious subject matter.
2022 – JAN 24: People magazine reports in Phoenix Rising, Evan Rachel Wood alleges she was coerced into a “commercial sex act under false pretenses” and raped on Marilyn Manson’s 2007 Heart-Shaped Glasses music video. This contradicts many of her public prior comments praising the project. Manson’s attorney provides a statement fully denouncing the claim and that there are multiple witnesses to the contrary.
2022 — JAN 26: Blair Berk, attorney representing Warner in the criminal investigation, follows-up on the “FBI” letter that appeared in the DailyMail the month prior. Her testimony reveals the made contact with the agent whose name appears on the letter and that Agent Michelle Langer confirmed she did not write the letter, did not authorize the letter to be written in her name and was unsure how she got involved as she was working on no case surrounding Manson.
2022 – FEB 3: Blair Berk spoke again with Agent Michell Langer. Langer confirmed:
- There was no “active” criminal investigation of Brian Warner being conducted by the FBI.
- Two individuals linked to Wood’s Phoenix Act nonprofit had been in communication with her office on a crime unrelated to Warner.
2022 – FEB 14: Evan Rachel Wood signs document to dissolve the Phoenix Act’s incorporation in the State of California.
2022 – MAR 2: Marilyn Manson files lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore.
2022 – MAR 3: Newsweek publishes an article where Greta Aurora describes a brief but caring and entirely consensual sexual relationship she had with Manson in 2011. Aurora also shares details on emails she received out of the blue from Illma Gore – inviting her to join Evan Rachel Wood’s group of women.
2022 – MAR 14: Evan Rachel Wood appears on The View to promote Phoenix Rising. Within the interview, she repeats the allegation that she was raped on the set of the Heart-Shaped Glasses music video.
2022 – MAR 15: Phoenix Rising begins streaming on HBO Max.
2022 – APR 8: Evan Rachel Wood appears on Jameela Jamill podcast where she discusses being a victim of gaslighting but also part of a “major investigation”.
2022 – APR 28: Evan Rachel Wood files anti-slapp motion to dismiss portions of Manson’s lawsuit — including the forged FBI letter — as protected free speech activity citing litigation privilege. To support her motion, she also filed written testimony where she claims she did not draft the forgery and when she received and filed it in her custody case, she believed it to be authentic. Wood goes on to say she’s not the source of court documents containing that letter being “leaked” to the DailyMail. (Despite her attorneys being the credited firm.)
2022 — MAY 12: Esme Bianco files a second amended lawsuit in federal court, adding two causes of action where she alleges Manson interfered with her economic opportunities when he interfered with her appearance in concert visuals by Linda Strawberry for a Deftones tour.
2022 — MAY 26: Manson files a motion to dismiss the Deftones additions in Bianco’s complaint – citing lack of jurisdiction and evidence of any wrongdoing. One cause of action would go on to be dismissed in Dec. 2023 with the case ultimately being settled in its entirety in Jan. 2023.
2022 – MAY 27: Ashley Illma Gore files anti-slapp motion to dismiss Groupie defamation portions of Manson’s lawsuit. She notably does not motion to dismiss the fake FBI letter — likely because she took ownership of it in a series of tweets upon learning she was being sued.
2022 – JUNE 6: From alleged screenshots, model Morgan Smithline messages fan account “MarilynMansonisInnocent_” that she was told to lie and act while speaking publicly about her experiences with Manson. She wrote “I never wanted to cancel anyone and I just fell in with influence.” Smithline would go on to willingly drop her lawsuit and later file a declaration that she was coerced to lie and it was Illma Gore who drafted her allegation statement — which probably explains why a copy of it was found on Gore’s iPad.
2022 – JULY 10: Kate Mara and Jamie Bell announce pregnancy with second child.
2022 – JULY 20: Manson requests limited discovery in Los Angeles, seeking depositions from FBI Agent, Ashley Illma Gore, Evan Rachel Wood, Michele Meyer and Katheryn McGaffigan to support his defense against the anti-slapp motions. The court against most of these but allowed him to later dep
HPS Law and Brian Warner file an ex parte in California for limited discovery and seeking depositions for FBI agent, Illma Gore, Evan Rachel Wood, Michele Meyer and Katheryn McGaffigan.
2022 – AUG 3: Evan Rachel Wood posts a series of things on Instagram stories and then her feed about being silenced and that the media is manipulating against the truth.
2022 – AUG 5: Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore legal teams file oppositions to limited discovery.
2022 – AUG 16: Ashley Morgan Smithline was SUPPOSED to be deposed in connection to Esme Bianco’s lawsuit – but her attorney Jay Ellwanger claimed she was seeking “emergency psychiatric treatment” and it needed to be rescheduled.
2022 – AUG 17: LA Court postpones hearing on limited discovery. New date set for September.
2022 – AUG 23: Evan Rachel Wood posts LA County District Attorney’s office contact details on her Instagram stories and instructs her followers to contact and inquire about the Brian Warner case.
2022 – SEP 19: LA Sheriff’s Dept concludes their 19-month investigation into Marilyn Manson and turned findings over to the LA District Attorney for a decision on prosecuting any charges.
2022 – SEP 20: LA District Attorney says the file sent from the Sheriff’s Dept. is incomplete and the case cannot be fully considered for charges without the complete case file.
2022 – SEP 27: Limited discovery hearing held in LA in the Manson v. Gore and Wood case. Judge denies most but orders Ashley Illma Gore to sit for a deposition on her frame of mind RE Groupie short horror film being falsely represented as “child pornography.”
2022 – OCT 19: Hearing on former personal assistant and fellow accuser Ashley Walters attempting to avoid complying with a subpoena in her close friend Esme Bianco’s case — which requested her to turnover all communications with Gore and Wood related to Manson as well. This ultimately would be enforced by a federal judge.
2022 — OCT 15: Illma Gore sits for deposition in the Manson v. Wood + Gore case to discuss her state of mind when spreading false statements about the Groupie video. Read a partial transcript, here.
2022 — OCT 17: Michele Meyer – owner of phone number on forged FBI letter – signs sworn declaration supporting Manson on her involvement with Ashley Illma Gore, statements from Gore about Manson as a child abuser and how both Evan Rachel Wood’s attorney and ex had contacted her about the alleged ‘federal investigation’ posing such a safety risk.
2022 — NOV 2: Ruling in Manson’s favor, a judge orders to compel former assistant Ashley Walters to comply with subpoena in the Esme Bianco case. She was instructed to sit for a deposition as well as to turnover all communications (emails, SMS messages, DMs, etc.) with Esme Bianco and related communications with Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore.
2022 — NOV 15: Manson’s team files several declarations and their opposition to Evan Rachel Wood and Ashley Illma Gore’s anti-slapp motions..
2022 — NOV 17: Actress Kate Mara and Jamie Bell announce birth of a baby boy.
2022 — DEC 1: Anti-slapp hearing the Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore case postponed to objections from all parties. Judge orders them to meet and reduce the volume of evidentiary objections.
2022 — DEC 10: Evan Rachel Wood posts a series of bizarre outbursts on her Instagram story about co-parenting with a “toxic” ex.
2022 — DEC 12: Manson files motion to dismiss Ashley Morgan Smithline case due to her missing a deadline to appoint new representation.
2023 — JAN 3:
- Court dismisses the Ashley Morgan Smithline case without prejudice
- Esme Bianco files her third amended lawsuit against Manson
2023 — JAN 17: All parties in the Esme Bianco case met in private mediation.
2023 — JAN 24: News came a settlement was reached in the Bianco case. Her attorney says she wants to ‘move on’ with her life. No details of the settlement were made public but Esme agreed to dismiss her lawsuit.
2023 — JAN 30: A Jane Doe files a lawsuit in the State of New York against Manson, Interscope Records, Nothing Records (Trent Reznor’s label) and 20 unnamed individuals alleging abuse in the 1990s. Manson’s attorney released a statement vehemently denying her claims.
2023 — FEB 3: Jane Doe’s attorneys Jeff Anderson and Karen Barth Menzies lead press conference in Los Angeles to discuss complaints against Marilyn Manson as well as multiple other figures in the music industry.
2023 — FEB 23: Ashley Smithline comes forward as whistleblower that Evan Rachel Wood manipulated her into lying and that it was Ashley Illma Gore who drafted and published her false allegation statement.
2023 — APRIL 30: Ashley Illma Gore emerges in The Guardian ahead of a Brisbane street art festival she’s participating in. It’s the first public appearance made by Gore since Manson filed a lawsuit against her and Evan Rachel Wood in March 2022.
2023 — MAY 9: LA County Judge Teresa Beaudet issues an anti-slapp motion ruling, granting both Ashley Illma Gore and Evan Rachel Wood’s anti-slapp motions in their entirety. Manson’s attorney Howard E. King issued statement that they intend to appeal.
2023 — MAY 15: Marilyn Manson social media profiles updated with hint of new music on the third anniversary of his marriage to Instagrammer Lindsay Warner.
2023 — SEP 18: Brian Warner pleads no contest to criminal misdemeanor charge for spitting on photographer Susan Fountain during a 2019 live performance. He’s sentenced to 20 hours of community service.
2023 — SEPT 19: Lawsuit from Susan Fountain relating the assault at a 2019 concert reopened in Los Angeles Superior Court.
2024 — JAN 3: LA County again dismisses Fountain’s lawsuit against Manson.
2024 — AUG 2: Brian Warner returns to the stage as Marilyn Manson in Hershey, PA and releases lead single As Sick As the Secrets Within off a new album.
2024 — AUG 13: Photographer and 2019 concert assault victim Susan Fountain files a notice of settlement within LA civil case. Terms undisclosed.
2024 — AUG 27: Manson files an opening appeal brief in California — seeking to overturn an LA County ruling striking the fake FBI letter and defamatory Groupie claims.
2024 — OCT 9: Rolling Stone reports LA District Attorney George Gascon announced his office is reviewing new evidence in the case against Brian Warner on abuse allegations.
2024 — OCT 10: Actress Esme Bianco appears at press conference with former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman — endorsing him as her candidate of choice in a heated District Attorney race in LA and blasting George Gascon for lack of action in the Manson case be it charging him or not.
2024 — NOV 26: Rolling Stone reported that Manson decided to drop both the appeal and what remained of his lawsuit against Ashley Illma Gore and Evan Rachel Wood.
MISC LINKS:
2006 – MAY 5: https://www.celebitchy.com/294/ed_norton_36_dating_18_year-ol/
2007 – APRIL 15: https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/marilyn-manson-je-suis-totalement-immature-15-04-2007-2007946104.php
2007 – APRIL 19: https://www.justjared.com/2007/04/19/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood/
2007 – MAY 18: https://people.com/celebrity/marilyn-manson-dita-von-teese-drove-me-mad/
2009 – JUN 24: https://www.spin.com/2009/06/qa-marilyn-manson/
2009 – JULY 2: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2009/07/qa-evan-rachel-wood
2010 – AUG 19: https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/makeup/tips/a5264/beauty-snoop-evan-rachel-wood/
2010 – OCT 7: https://www.trueblood-online.com/evan-rachel-wood-on-the-cover-of-elle-canada/
2011 — OCT 24: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/24/evan-rachel-wood-fizzle
2014 – Illma’s Old Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Creepinitrealla?ref=ts&fref=ts
2016 – NOV 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoYANpkU_A0 Street art chat with Illma
2016 – DEC 16: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/evan-rachel-wood-spotted-kissing-new-man-w456316/
22017 – JUL 7: https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/marilyn-manson-dad-dead-tribute-7858014/
2020 – JAN: https://variety.com/2020/film/features/westworld-evan-rachel-wood-kajillionaire-twitter-1234780810/
2022 – JAN 25:
- https://people.com/music/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-wood-music-video-rape-claim/
- https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/01/evan-rachel-wood-says-marilyn-manson-essentially-raped-her-in-2007
2022 – MAR 15: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/evan-rachel-wood-marilyn-mansons-relationship-timeline/november-2016-16/