Amber Heard responds to Marilyn Manson abuse allegations

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Amber Heard, left, has accused her ex-husband Johnny Depp of abusing her
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Luke O'Reilly4 February 2021

Amber Heard has responded to allegations of abuse made against rock star Marilyn Manson in a tweet asking her followers: “Are you done ignoring it?”

The Aquaman star, whose ex-husband Johnny Depp was found to be a “wife beater” by a High Court libel judge last year, said that she and Manson’s original accuser, actress Evan Rachel Wood, “aren’t the first one to raise our hands”.

Alongside a link to a New Yorker article about the allegations, Heard tweeted: “...... and yet, no one sees the trend here? Everyone wants to tag a Bathroom wall, no one wants to understand the writing. Evan & I aren’t the 1st to raise our hands. Are you done ignoring it?”  

Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, was accused by Wood, 33, of "grooming" her when she was a teenager.

In an Instagram post, the Westworld star said that the musician had “horrifically abused me for years”. The pair were briefly engaged in 2010.

Manson, 52, has denied the claims, describing them as “horrible distortions of reality". 

Following Wood’s allegations and those of three other women who came forward, Manson was dropped by his record label and cut from two TV shows.

Amid the growing backlash, Manson’s ex-wife Dita Von Teese, 48, said that she has been “processing” the allegations but that they ”do not match my personal experience during our seven years together as a couple”.

Heard’s comments come three months after a High Court judge ruled that she been the victim of domestic violence during her tumultuous marriage to Depp.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor had sued the Sun newspaper after it labelled him a “wife-beater”, leading to what was dubbed the “libel trial of the century”.

Depp is attempting to appeal against the decision.

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