In the wake of Evan Rachel Wood’s announcement that Marilyn Manson “brutally abused her” for years while they were in a relationship, Loma Vista Recordings, who released Manson’s three most recent albums, said goodbye to the singer.
“In light of today’s troubling allegations by Evan Rachel Wood and other women who name Marilyn Manson as their abuser, Loma Vista will stop promoting his current album with immediate effect,” the statement read. “Because of these related developments, we have also decided not to work with Marilyn Manson on future projects.”
Manson has released three albums through the label since 2015, including last year’s ‘We Are Chaos’. His artist page disappeared from the label’s website Monday afternoon, hours after Wood’s statement. Manson was not signed directly to the label: he retains the rights to his recordings and, starting with 2015’s ‘The Pale Emperor’, licensed them to Loma Vista, a division of Concord Music. While the first album bore the imprint of Manson’s Hell Records, the credited copyright holder of “We Are Chaos” is simply Marilyn Manson.
Wood has often alluded to Manson when talking about surviving domestic violence over the years. Wood and Manson’s relationship became public in 2007 when she was 19 and he 38. They became engaged in 2010, but separated later that year.
In an Instagram post early Monday morning, and in a statement to Vanity Fair, Wood said, “My abuser name is Brian Warner, also known in the world as Marilyn Manson. He started taking care of me when I was a teenager and horribly abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I have finished living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I’m here to expose this dangerous man and name the many industries that made him possible, before ruining any more lives. I stand behind the many victims who will no longer be silent. “
Wood began in 2016 in a Rolling Stone article on surviving rape and domestic violence and has focused her activism on those issues. In 2019 Wood created the Phoenix Act, a bill that extends the statute of restrictions on domestic violence from three to five years. Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, signed the bill in October 2019, and it went into effect in January 2020. Wood testified before the California Senate at the time, saying that her abuser had hidden his drug and alcohol addiction from her, and attacks from extreme jealousy, which would often cause it to destroy our home, drive me into a room in a corner, and threaten me. “
Last fall, Manson ended an interview with British music magazine Metal Hammer when the writer brought up Wood’s name. Manson later made a lengthy statement in which he denied any mistake.