Marilyn Manson’s accusers slam Kanye West for “Donda” feature

Kanye West has never shied away from drawing attention or pushing boundaries for the sake of controversy, but when the rapper decided to feature DaBaby and Marilyn Manson on his new album Donda, many of his fans were rightly shocked and disgusted.

DaBaby has currently been caught in a storm of his own making since he made a viral homophobic rant during his set at Rolling Loud in July, leading a handful of festivals to pull him from the lineups and garnering heavy criticism from various musicians, including Dua Lipa. , who featured him on the remix of his hit song “Levitating”. (He also brought in rapper Tory Lanez to that same show, the man who shot Megan Thee Stallion twice, knowing she would be at the festival.)

But it was West’s choice to have shock-rock musician Marilyn Manson (real name Brian Warner) by his side for the debut of the song “Jail pt 2”, on which Warner is credited as author and performer, who felt really reckless. The song’s lyrics are about “violence in the night,” how we’re all “liars” and a rap sheet, as Warner’s voice screams in the background, “Guess who’s going?” prison tonight! “

This makes for sickening listening, given that Warner has been publicly accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, sexual battery, emotional and physical abuse, torture, and other disturbing behavior.

The 52-year-old is also still under investigation by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, as the department confirmed to the Daily Beast that the February case he opened for alleged domestic violence was still pending. active and in progress. Warner has denied all allegations of abuse and assault.

Actress Evan Rachel Wood is one of Warner’s most high-profile accusers, boldly naming her ex-boyfriend as her long-mentioned abuser in February. “He started treating me when I was a teenager and abused me horribly for years,” Wood wrote in an Instagram post. “I am done living in fear of reprisals, slander or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call on the many industries that made him possible, before he ruined more lives. I am alongside the many victims who are no longer silent.

Her statement led her former assistant Ashley Walters, artist Gabriella Accarino and models Sarah McNeilly and Ashley Lindsay Morgan Smithline to show solidarity with Wood and share their experiences as well. Warner is currently facing at least four civil lawsuits from some of these women.

With an ongoing investigation, multiple charges, and pending legal action against Warner, who has been pulled from his Loma Vista record label and has not been seen in public for months, it’s incomprehensible why West has gone out of his way. possible to align with him – an artist he’s never worked with before, on a song that seems to attempt to shed light on the so-called “cancellation culture”.

Over the years, Warner has immersed himself in the hip-hop industry, collaborating with DMX on the rapper’s song “The Omen” in 1998 and most recently for A $ AP Ferg’s 2020 song “Marilyn Manson” . But in light of recent allegations, the fact that West is working with the rocker in the name of making a statement or attempted provocation, thereby opening up his global fan base to Warner, sends a terrible message to victims of domestic violence.

The collaboration apparently sickened Wood, who debuted on Saturday night for his cover of “You Get What You Give.”

“I kept this, but it seems like the right time to be,” she said before raising a middle finger when the song’s lyrics are called Warner. “For my fellow survivors who got slapped in the face this week,” Wood captioned the Instagram post. “I love you. Don’t give up.

Wood’s sentiment was echoed by attorney Jay D. Ellwanger, who represents Smithline and Game Of Thrones actress Esme Bianco, who is suing Manson for sexual assault, human trafficking and abuse. He told the Daily Beast in a comment: “It is sad that Marilyn Manson has chosen to exploit these very serious allegations of abuse instead of taking responsibility for the pain it has caused.”

Singer Cecilia Della Peruti, better known by her stage name Gothic Tropic, was a close friend of Wood’s as she dated Warner and previously told The Daily Beast how she was there at the height of the alleged abuse, applauding Wood in February for coming forward.

“Kanye relying on shock value to increase album sales is really insecure and embarrassing,” she told The Daily Beast. “I’m not surprised that abusers still find support in the music industry, an industry based largely on the work of pedophiles and rapists. Not surprised that he will offend the victims of Marilyn Manson … not surprised either that he will offend homosexuals and homosexuals. But sexual and domestic assault affects everyone, and encouraging his followers to slap victims makes him an even bigger loser. “

“This behavior puts victims in real danger and perpetuates nefarious retaliation for exposing abuses by powerful men, adding another obstacle to the pile of shit we already have to face,” she added.

Manson is currently facing at least three civil lawsuits and turned into police in July on a New Hampshire arrest warrant for allegedly spitting on a videographer during a concert in 2019. In February, the Sheriff’s Department of Los Angeles said his special office for victims opened an investigation into Manson for alleged domestic violence. The case is still active and ongoing, the department told the Daily Beast.

“The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Special Victims Bureau is investigating allegations of domestic violence involving Mr. Brian Warner, also known as ‘Marilyn Manson’, who works in the music industry,” a declared the department at the time. “The incidents occurred between 2009 and 2011, when Mr. Warner was living in the city of West Hollywood.”

The period reported by officials coincides with when Warner was dating Wood, who began a relationship with the singer at the age of 19 and he was 37 in 2007, before they split in August 2010. .

Wood, 33, has spoken out about being a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence, defending the Phoenix Law, which was signed into California state law in 2019, as well as ‘by giving moving testimony before a 2018 House Judiciary Committee in support of the Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights.

Although she never named Warner during her speech, she said her attacker made “threats against my life” and described a pattern of “severe gas and brainwashing, waking up with l man who claimed to love me by violating what he believed to be my unconscious body, and worst of all, unhealthy rituals of binding me by my hands and feet to be mentally and physically tortured until my attacker feel that I have “proved my love for them”.

Wood’s claims mirror those of other women who have spoken out against Warner, including Game Of Thrones actress Esme Bianco, who sued Warner in April, claiming he raped her in May 2011 and “used drugs, force and threats of force to coerce her into sex”, sometimes while she was unconscious. “These acts include spanking, biting, cutting and whipping Ms. Bianco’s buttocks, breasts and genitals for the sexual gratification of Mr. Warner, all without the consent of the plaintiff,” the lawsuit said. Among the troubling allegations, Bianco describes an incident in which Warner allegedly shocked her and beat her with a whip he said was used by the Nazis.

Warner responded to Bianco’s complaint in late July, saying it was part of a “coordinated attack” that “cynically and dishonestly sought to monetize and exploit the Me Too movement.”

In May, Warner was sued by another ex-girlfriend by the name of “Jane Doe” who he started dating in 2011. She also claimed that Warner had raped her and threatened to kill her. Her lawsuit alleged Warner once “honored” her by showing her a home video that showed a seemingly teenage fan “berated”, stripped of his shirt, forced to drink urine, threatened with a gun and maybe pistol whipped.

Love Bailey, a visual filmmaker, previously told The Daily Beast how she thought she was going to die when Warner suddenly fired a gun at her in his home while she was there for a photoshoot in 2011. Just when Warner went to pull the trigger, let out a laugh and said, “I don’t like f —- ts,” recalls Love Bailey, who is trans. “There is a scar on my life from this moment on,” she said. “He took part of my innocence. He should be set as an example that men in industry can’t get away with it and people shouldn’t glorify people like that.