Evan Rachel Wood Opens Up About Being ‘Publicly Gaslit’ for Marilyn Manson Abuse Allegations on Jameela Jamil’s Podcast

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Ellise Shafer Evan Rachel Wood is opening up about her experience being “publicly gaslit” for coming forward with abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson.On a new episode of Jameela Jamil’s podcast “I Weigh,” the actor dove deep into the “re-traumatizing” but necessary process of being involved in a sexual abuse investigation.Manson and Wood were publicly in a relationship from 2006 to 2010, and Wood named Manson as her alleged abuser in February 2021.

Soon after, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that Manson was under investigation for domestic violence. Wood has recently released a documentary on HBO, “Phoenix Rising,” which follows her journey to pass the Phoenix Act — a bill that extends the statute of limitations in domestic violence — in the California senate.

In conversation with Jamil, Wood detailed her experience of being questioned about the alleged abuse. “After being involved in a large investigation like the one I’m involved in now, I really started to understand why people pull out of investigations and why victims recount their statements and why they go forward and then pull back,” Wood said. “Because man, it’s no joke having to go through the things that have happened to you in excruciating detail.

Questions you’ve never been asked. And to have to go back there over and over again, to be publicly gaslit on a large scale or even a small scale, it’s very, very re-traumatizing.”Wood continued, “I sit here knowing I’m not lying, knowing I’m telling the truth, but people make you feel crazy.