New Hampshire police announced an activearrest warrant against singerMarilyn Manson Tuesday.- He faces two counts of
assault in an alleged 2019 encounter with a videographer. - Manson also faces allegations of sexual assault and abuse from more than a dozen women.
Police in New Hampshire put out an active arrest warrant for singer Marilyn Manson on charges of assault, the department announced Tuesday.
The Gilford Police Department posted on Facebook that it has an arrest warrant for Manson, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, for "two counts of Class A Misdemeanor Simple Assault stemming from a 2019 incident at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion" involving a videographer.
"Mr. Warner, his Agent and legal counsel have been aware of the warrant for some time and no effort has been made by him to return to New Hampshire to answer the pending charges," the department said in the statement.
In addition to this arrest warrant, Manson has been under increased scrutiny over allegations of abuse and sexual assault by more than a dozen women. Last week, Ashley Walters, who says she worked as Marilyn Manson's assistant, filed a lawsuit against Manson accusing him of sexual assault and battery, The Cut first reported.
Actress Esmé Bianco, who starred in "Game of Thrones" and was previously romantically involved with the singer, was the first woman to take legal action against Manson. She sued him in late April, accusing him of sexually assaulting and abusing her.
In February, actress Evan Rachel Wood, who was formerly engaged to Manson, revealed details of sexual abuse she said she endured during her relationship with Manson. They dated in 2007, when Wood was 19 and Manson was 38, and were later engaged in 2010.
Wood accused Manson of "grooming" her as a teenager and "horrifically" abusing her, adding that she "was brainwashed and manipulated into submission," she wrote on Instagram in February.
"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail," Wood wrote. "I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives."
In a statement posted to his Instagram in February, Manson denied the allegations, saying they are "horrible distortions of reality."
"Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality," Manson wrote in the Instagram post. "My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth."