Evan Rachel Wood Submits Evidence Undermining Claim She “Manipulated” Marilyn Manson Accuser

Last week Ashley Morgan Smithline, one of many women accusing Marilyn Manson of gross sexual misconduct, officially recanted her allegations. Smithline said Evan Rachel Wood (pictured), who has also levied abuse claims at Manson and chronicled her history with Manson in the HBO docuseries Phoenix Rising, manipulated her into publicly accusing Manson (real name Brian Warner). Now Wood has provided evidence pushing back against Smithline’s claim, and a judge has ruled that Smithline’s written declaration — which Manson’s team wanted to use in his defamation lawsuit against Wood — will not be used as evidence in a hearing next week.