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The accusations against Marilyn Manson began stacking up earlier this year, as women came forward with claims of graphic sexual abuse.

That story has been bubbling away in the background for a while, with the lid blown off this week following the publishing of Rolling Stone’s explosive nine-month investigation into Manson.

Rolling Stone’s report is based on 55 interviews with people who have known Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner.

You’re welcome to read the full report on that link above, but let’s pick out some of the more startling allegations with the help of NewsAU.

To begin, there’s the so-called “Bad Girls’ Room”:

[Rolling Stone] reported that the goth rocker allegedly turned the music studio of his West Hollywood apartment into a torture chamber called the “Bad Girls’ Room” – where it is claimed he “banished” his girlfriends and punished them for hours over the “tiniest perceived transgressions”.

…former assistant, Ryan Brown, denied ever seeing any women confined in the “Bad Girls’ Room,” but he told the magazine, “It was common knowledge – that’s what everybody had called it.”

In the past, Manson himself has appeared to confirm the room exists, saying during a 2012 interview that “If anyone’s bad, I can lock them in it, and it’s soundproof.”

Having already heard from ex-fiancé Evan Rachel Wood, ex-girlfriend Rose McGowan, and former porn star Jenna Jameson, you can now add ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline to the list:

“At first, he made it sound cool,” the model told Rolling Stone. “Then, he made it sound very punitive. Even if I was screaming, no one would hear me.”

Smithline said the space was about the size of a department store dressing room. She alleged that if she fought Manson over going into the room, he would “enjoy” the struggle.

“I learned to not fight it, because that was giving him what he wanted,” she said. “I just went somewhere else in my head.”

Esmé Bianco, who played Ros in Game of Thrones, is currently suing Manson for physical and sexual assault, as is former assistant Ashley Walters.

Manson’s last post on Instagram, dated February 2, makes it clear that he rejects the allegations:

 

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The Rolling Stone report also detailed Manson’s interesting choice of decor:

[The] singer’s pad was decorated with blood, swastikas and clipped photos from pornographic magazines.

“There were vaginas everywhere,” a source who visited the apartment claimed in the report.

Others recalled a spray-painted message above Manson’s bed that read “AIDS”.

The apartment was where the Grammy nominee allegedly inflicted “repeated acts of mental, physical and sexual abuse that have left [his victims] with crippling bouts of anxiety, depression, panic attacks and PTSD,” according to the report.

Following the Rolling Stone report, Manson released a statement through his lawyers, saying he “vehemently denies any and all claims of sexual or abuse of anyone”.

His lawyers described the report as “part of a coordinated attack by former partners and associates”.

It might be time for Manson fans to reevaluate whether they want to continue supporting him.

Remember, 55 people were interviewed for the report and others have also come forward during the course of the year.

[source:newsau]