
Evan Rachel Wooden Araya Doheny/Getty Photographs
Evan Rachel Wood is talking out after Los Angeles’ district legal professional, Nathan Hochman, introduced that her ex, Marilyn Manson, gained’t be charged with home violence and sexual assault.
Wooden and several other different girls had accused Manson (actual identify: Brian Warner) in 2021 of abusing them. On Friday, January 24, Hochman mentioned that he was closing a four-year investigation into the claims towards Manson.
“We have now decided that allegations of home violence fall exterior of the statute of limitations and we can’t show prices of sexual assault past an inexpensive doubt,” Hochman said in his announcement. “We acknowledge and applaud the braveness and resilience of the ladies who got here ahead to make experiences and share their experiences, and we thank them for his or her cooperation and endurance with the investigation.”
Reacting to Friday’s information, Wooden, 37, took to her personal Instagram account with a press release of her personal.
“My lawyer and I had been suggested by the Deputy District Attorneys and the Sheriff deputies who investigated the case that there was compelling proof to assist our claims, however that the statute of limitations prevents lots of these crimes from being prosecuted,” Wooden wrote in a put up, per People.
“We all the time knew that the statute of limitations can be a barrier, which is why we created the Phoenix Act in order that different victims wouldn’t should expertise this end result,” she continued, referencing the legislation that she helped cross in California in 2019. It extends the statute of limitations for home violence circumstances from three to 5 years, and requires police to endure extra coaching on home abuse.
“Sadly, the Phoenix Act can’t assist in circumstances which occurred earlier than it was handed, however I hope this shines a lightweight on why it’s so vital to advocate for higher legal guidelines,” Wooden mentioned in conclusion. “Proof of violent crimes mustn’t have an expiration date. I’m grateful for the work legislation enforcement has completed, and I’m endlessly happy with all of the survivors who risked all the pieces to guard others by talking the reality.”
Wooden and Manson, 56, started relationship in 2007 and bought engaged in January 2010. The engagement was called off seven months later.
“He began grooming me after I was a teen and horrifically abused me for years,” Wooden alleged through Instagram in February 2021. “I used to be brainwashed and manipulated into submission.”
The actress additionally claimed in that put up that she’d determined to talk out as a result of she was “completed residing in concern of retaliation, slander, or blackmail,” including, “I’m right here to reveal this harmful man and name out the numerous industries which have enabled him, earlier than he ruins any extra lives. I stand with the numerous victims who will not be silent.”
Wooden’s revelation got here after she alleged to Rolling Stone in November 2016 that she had been raped twice up to now, as soon as by a “important different” and later by “the proprietor of a bar.”
Manson sued Wooden for defamation and emotional misery in March 2022, a couple of weeks previous to the discharge of HBO’s Phoenix Rising documentary miniseries which included Wooden’s allegations of rape and sexual abuse towards Manson throughout their three-year relationship.
Us Weekly confirmed in November 2024 that Manson had abandoned his lawsuit and agreed to pay roughly $327,000 to cowl legal professional charges accrued by Wooden.
If you happen to or anybody you realize has been sexually abused, name the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). A educated workers member will present confidential, judgment-free assist in addition to native assets to help in therapeutic, recovering and extra.