Evan Rachel Wood on Marilyn Manson's lawsuit: "I'm not scared"
Manson filed a lawsuit against the actor for defamation
In an appearance on The View, Evan Rachel Wood addressed the lawsuit Marilyn Manson filed against her earlier this month. The lawsuit alleges Wood defamed Manson with her sexual assault allegations.
“I can’t obviously speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I’m not scared,” Wood says during the interview. “I am sad, because this is how it works. This is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes though, and this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. This is why people don’t want to come forward. This was expected.”
“I am very confident that I have the truth on my side and that the truth will come out,” Wood continues. “This is clearly timed before the documentary… I’m not doing this [film] to clear my name. I’m doing this to protect people. I’m doing this to sound the alarm that there is a dangerous person out there and I don’t want anybody getting near him. So people can think whatever they want about me. I have to let the legal process run its course, and I’m steady as a rock.”