Marilyn Manson dropped from record label after Evan Rachel Wood abuse allegations

Marilyn Manson has described allegations he was abusive to the actress Evan Rachel Wood as ‘horrible distortions of reality’ (Matt Crossick/PA)

Marilyn Manson has described allegations he was abusive to the actress Evan Rachel Wood as “horrible distortions of reality,” after he was dropped by his record label and cut from two TV shows.

Wood, star of TV sci-fi series Westworld and Disney’s Frozen II, publicly named Manson on Instagram and said he began “grooming” her when she was a teenager and “horrifically abused me for years”.