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'Game of Thrones' star sues Marilyn Manson for alleged rape, abuse

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/05/01/20210501-game-of-thrones.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on November 9, 2019, Marilyn Manson performs during the Astroworld Festival at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; actor Esme Bianco filed a lawsuit against the US goth rocker on April 30, 2021 setting out graphic allegations of rape, sexual abuse and violence. Suzanne Cordeiro, AFP</figcaption></figure></div>&quot;Game of Thrones&quot; actor Esme Bianco filed a lawsuit against US goth rocker Marilyn Manson on Friday, setting out graphic allegations of rape, sexual abuse and violence.According to the papers filed at a California court, Bianco was twice invited to Los Angeles by Manson -- real name Brian Warner -- with the promise of paid work, only to be subjected to acts of sexual violence including being cut, whipped and electrocuted without her consent.&quot;Mr. Warner raped Ms. Bianco in or around May 2011,&quot; the lawsuit alleges. &quot;Mr. Warner committed sexual acts with Ms. Bianco when she was unconscious or otherwise unable to consent&quot; and &quot;also committed sexual battery against Ms. Bianco on multiple occasions,&quot; it says.In a statement to AFP, Manson&#x27;s lawyer Howard King described the claims as &quot;provably false&quot; and accused Bianco and her attorney of making &quot;outrageous financial demands based on conduct that simply never occurred.&quot;&quot;We will vigorously contest these allegations in court and are confident that we will prevail,&quot; King added.Los Angeles police in February confirmed they were investigating domestic violence allegations against the singer between 2009 and 2011. The dates and location of their investigation coincide with Bianco&#x27;s allegations.&quot;Westworld&quot; star Evan Rachel Wood has also accused Manson of years of abuse starting when she was a teenager -- allegations Manson called &quot;horrible distortions of reality&quot; in an Instagram post.Bianco, who was a fan of Manson as a teenager, appeared in 14 episodes of the smash-hit fantasy series &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; between 2011 and 2013, playing a prostitute called Ros.The British 38-year-old said in a statement Friday she had spoken out to stop Manson &quot;from shattering any more lives and empower other victims to seek their own small measure of justice.&quot;According to Bianco&#x27;s lawsuit, she first visited Manson in Los Angeles in 2009 for what she understood to be a music video shoot.Over four days, she was allegedly told to wear lingerie, deprived of sleep, given drugs and alcohol without food, and &quot;physically beaten by Mr Warner,&quot; including with a whip he told her &quot;was utilized by the Nazis.&quot;Later that year, he visited her in London and they began a consensual relationship, the papers state.In 2011, Bianco moved to Los Angeles and was told she would star in a feature film called &quot;Phantasmagoria&quot; with Manson before spending two and a half months &quot;enduring constant abuse&quot; under the threat of her visa process being damaged, the lawsuit alleges.Manson, who has long cultivated a controversial image with his ghostly make-up and stage name evoking serial killer Charles Manson, has parted ways with Ciulla, as well as record label Loma Vista Recordings and Hollywood agency CAA since the allegations became public.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/02/21/evan-rachel-wood-accuses-marilyn-manson-of-horrifically-abusing-her">Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of &#x27;horrifically&#x27; abusing her</a></li></ul>

"Game of Thrones" actor Esme Bianco filed a lawsuit against US goth rocker Marilyn Manson on Friday setting out graphic allegations of rape, sexual abuse and violence.

"Game of Thrones" actor Esme Bianco filed a lawsuit against US goth rocker Marilyn Manson on Friday setting out graphic allegations of rape, sexual abuse and violence.