Marilyn Manson SUES Evan Rachel Wood for malicious falsehood over abuse claims: Claims she and partner faked letter from the FBI, created checklist for accusers and orchestrated swatting incident

• Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against his ex, Evan Rachel Wood, and her 'on-again, off-again' romantic partner, Illma Gore
• The complaint states Wood's allegations that Manson is 'a rapist and abuser' are a 'malicious falsehood that has derailed his music, TV and film career'
• Manson accused Wood and Gore of trying to hack into his computer and using a fake email address to make it appear he sent Wood porn 
• He also accused the pair of impersonating a FBI agent to distribute forged letters to women who would later accuse him of sexual assault
• His remarks come just weeks before Wood's HBO documentary outlining her allegations of abuse against Manson is set to air 

Rockstar Marilyn Manson is suing his ex-fiancee, actress Evan Rachel Wood, over the 'malicious falsehood' of the abuse allegations she made against him and alleges she 'derailed his successful music, TV and film career'.

Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday morning, which was obtained by DailyMail.com.

The suit accuses Wood and her 'on-again, off-again romantic partner' artist Illma Gore, real name Ashley Gore, of impersonating an FBI agent to distribute a forged letter to 'create the false appearance' that Manson's alleged victims and their families were in danger.

The performer also claims Wood and Gore created a fake email address to make it look as if Manson, 53, sent her 'illicit pornography' and that the pair orchestrated a swatting incident at his LA home last month.

The complaint also states that Wood - who has accused of Manson of abuse and sexual assault - and Gore provided checklists and scripts listing specific acts of abuse for prospective accusers to claim against Manson, including that he filmed the sexual assault of a minor.

Representatives for Wood did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment. 

Wood, 34, has previously said Manson 'brainwashed and manipulated into submission' and that he 'started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years.' She also claimed the musician 'coerced [her] into a commercial sex act under false pretenses' and 'essentially raped [her] on-camera'.

She is expected to outline the allegations of abuse an upcoming two-part HBO documentary called Phoenix Rising set to air next month. 

Manson is suing Wood for defamation, emotional distress and 'impersonation over the internet,' among other charges and seeks damages of an unspecified amount 'to be determined at trial,' as well as 'an order enjoining Wood and Gore from engaging in further wrongful conduct' towards him.  

The suit claims Wood, with the help of Gore, fabricated her allegations against Manson in effort to 'provide more manufactured content' for Phoenix Rising, which both women worked on.

Wood and Gore are accused of recruiting, coordinating and pressuring women into making false accusations against Manson.

In addition to alleging the women provided Manson accusers with scripted responses and a 'checklist of 21 fabricated acts of abuse,' the complaint also states that Gore solicited prospective accusers by phone, text message, email, and/or social media, with the following message:

'Hey! I know this is a strange way to reach out but my name is Illma, I work with the Phoenix Act I run it alongside Evan Rachel Wood. We were organizing a group of people to meet up in Los Angeles and Zoom/Skype in to talk about experience they had that might be similar to yours. I’m not sure that you would be interested in participating – you aren’t obligated to speak but if you wanted to listen in that would be fine. It’s a small group and you are personally invited. If you wanted to know more first. I would be happy to jump on the phone or email more details. Best, Illma.'

Manson has also accused the pair of distributing fictitious letters 'attributed to a real-life federal agent and included a forged signature and fake phone number for that agent' warning his accusers of being endangered. 

The complaint states the FBI agent listed on the letter confirmed she did not author or approve the note and claimed she had no knowledge of its existence.

Manson's counsel claims a text exchange between Gore and Wood, using the nickname Alabama, confirms they penned the letter together.

It also alleges Wood submitted the forged letter in a California custody proceeding as supposed evidence for why she should be able to move her son, Jack Matfin Bell, now 8, to Tennessee. 

Wood has testified that Manson threatened that he would 'f**k' Bell. 

Furthermore, the suit accuses Gore of using the internet to create correspondences that she believed would be harmful to Manson.  

According to the document, Gore created a fake email address, claiming to be Manson, in September 2019 and used the account to send pornography. 

She also allegedly used the accounts to create false documents appearing to be correspondences between Manson and attorneys about an alleged criminal investigation. 

Marilyn Manson's accusations against Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore

Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood and her partner Illma Gore in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. 

He is suing Wood and Gore for defamation, emotional distress and 'impersonation over the internet,' among other charges.

The rockstar's suit accuses the pair of recruiting, coordinating and pressuring women into making false accusations of abuse against Manson.

He claims Wood and Gore impersonated a FBI agent and forged a letter warning his accusers that they were in danger. They allegedly distributed the letter to his accusers.

Manson claims Gore orchestrated a police swatting incident at his home in February 2021. 

The musician accused Gore of creating a fake email account under his name and using it to distribute porn to others, including Wood.

Similarly, he says Gore hacked into his computer, phone and email account, obtaining his passwords and social security number. He claims she used the information she obtained from his accounts to 'orchestrate and promulgate false accusations' against him. 

Manson has also accused Gore of slander.

'In one such email dated February 8, 2021, just days after Wood and several others made fictitious claims of abuse against Warner in a coordinated attack, “Bhwarner1969” received an email from a person purporting to be writing on behalf of [Manson's] attorney. However, the email’s purported sender did not work for, or ever work for, that attorney,' the complaint reads. 

Manson first learned of the alleged accounts and emails in November 2021. 

The complaint also accused Gore of hacking into Manson's computer, phone and email account, obtaining his passwords and social security number. 

The artist is accused of using information she obtained as part of her alleged hacking scheme to 'orchestrate and promulgate false accusations against Warner'. 

Manson also claims Gore orchestrated a swatting incident against him on February 3, 2021 by sending police to look into him under false pretenses. This was shortly after Wood came forward with her abuse allegations. 

On that date, Los Angeles police were notified by the FBI that Gore, identifying as a friend of Manson, had expressed concern for the musician's safety after she had reportedly been unable to reach him. 

Police responded to the alleged 'emergency' and, when Manson did not answer the door, additional officers were called to the scene, the suit argues, noting a LAPD helicopter circled his home and shone a spotlight into his windows. 

Officers reportedly returned to the property multiple times before entering the residence and 'determin[ing] there was no evidence of any trouble.'

'[Gore's] report was false. [Manson] was at home with his wife and a guest and not in any danger. Gore knew her report was false—she and Warner have never even met. She has never been Warner’s “friend,” and had no basis to believe Warner posed any risk of danger to himself,' the complaint states.  

Additionally, the rockstar has accused Gore of slander. 

Manson's attorney, Howard King, told DailyMail.com in a statement Wednesday he and his client are filing the suit now 'because we have been able to gather an overwhelming trove of evidence – including both documents and witness statements – which proves that the stories that Evan Rachel Wood and her co-conspirator Illma Gore have been falsifying and spreading are both vindictive and demonstrably untrue.'

'It's incredibly important to differentiate between the character of "Marilyn Manson" and the man Brian Warner,' King said. 'Wood's claims may resonate because of the intentionally "shocking" character of "Marilyn Manson" but they simply do not reflect the truth. The manufactured facts these conspirators scripted a decade after the event never happened.  

Wood in 2018 appeared in front of Congress in support of the nationwide implementation of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights Acts, delivering testimony about past sexual abuse she had suffered without naming Manson at the time. She later publicly identified him as her alleged abuser.

The Westworld star was linked with Manson from 2006 until 2011. In the first installment of Phoenix Rising, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, she said that the Beautiful People artist had violated her in 2007 during the filming of his music video Heart-Shaped Glasses. 

'It's nothing like I thought it was going to be,' Wood said in a preview for the documentary. 'We're doing things that were not what was pitched to me ... we had discussed a simulated sex scene, but once the cameras were rolling, he started penetrating me for real. I had never agreed to that. I'm a professional actress, I've been doing this my whole life; I've never been on a set that unprofessional in my life up until this day.' 

She added: 'It was complete chaos. I did not feel safe. No one was looking after me. It was a really traumatizing experience filming the video. I didn't know how to advocate for myself or know how to say no because I had been conditioned and trained to never talk back, to just soldier through.' 

Wood also said she was 'scared' to expose Manson's alleged wrongdoings, and that it had taken her a 'really long time' to cease blaming herself for what had happened.

King, last month, issued a statement denying Wood's accusations about the video shoot.

'Evan was not only fully coherent and engaged during the three-day shoot but also heavily involved in weeks of pre-production planning and days of post-production editing of the final cut. The simulated sex scene took several hours to shoot with multiple takes using different angles and several long breaks in between camera setups.'

Manson has been accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, and has denied all claims, saying they are 'horrible distortions of reality.'