Phoebe Bridgers says Marilyn Manson has a ‘rape room’

Last week, five women made disturbing allegations against Marilyn Manson, saying he had subjected them to psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. For the first time comes actress Evan Rachel Wood, who accused the musician on Monday of caring for her in her teens and abusing her “horribly”. Her bravery inspired others to come up with similar horrific stories: One woman claims Manson would tie her up, rape her, and enjoy her pain; another said the singer would lock her in rooms if she was ‘bad’ and spoil her ‘hours upon hours’.

Amid the allegations, indie rock musician Phoebe Bridgers, 26, decided to share a dark experience she said she had with Manson. When she was a teenager, she was a “big fan” of Manson, as she wrote on Twitter, and once went to his house with some friends. While he was there, ‘he referred to a room in his house as the’ r * pe room ‘. “Bridgers says at the time that she copied the comment as a funny joke, yet: ‘I stop being an admirer.’ With a line break, she emphasizes, “I stand with everyone who has come forward.”

As the allegations began to escalate, Manson forcibly denied it as a “horrible distortion of reality.” The consequences are still rapid. The same day the women came forward, Mansa’s record label, Loma Vista Recordings, dropped him. The next day, his longtime booking agent, CAA – who also represents Wood – follows his example. These decisions are seemingly laudable, though Bridgers takes a different view.

“The label knew, the management knew, the band knew,” she wrote in a subsequent tweet. “To distance themselves now and pretend to be shocked and terrified is fucking pathetic.”