This post deals with domestic violence and suicide and might be triggering for some readers.

It all started with an Instagram post by actress Evan Rachel Wood on February 1, 2021.

"The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson," she wrote.

"He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.

"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins more lives.

"I stand with the many victims who will no longer stay silent."

Four more women followed suit over the course of that Monday, posting lengthy and detailed statements to their Instagrams detailing horrific abuse.

All of the women say they suffer from PTSD and two of the women - including Wood - detail suicide attempts as a result of being physically and psychologically assaulted.

Manson's former full-time personal assistant Ashley Walters wrote, "He was very skilled at gaslighting his inner circle. I'd witness him inflict his psychological abuse on everyone he employed, everyone he dated. He would dictate the perimeters of our reality. Horrifying, deranged behaviour and insane scenarios became normalised. He was extremely interested in mind control, torture tactics and spy devices to gather information for blackmailing and manipulation."

"I was emotionally abused, terrorised and scarred. I was locked in rooms when I was ‘bad’, sometimes forced to listen to him entertaining other women," wrote model Sarah McNeilly.

"I was verbally berated for hours upon hours. Blamed for everything under the sun in order to make me feel worthless. I believe he gets off on ruining people's lives. I stand in support of all that have and all who will come forward. I want to see Brian held accountable for his evil," she added.

An artist who spoke of meeting Manson when she was 22, and he was in his late 40s spoke of being charmed by his love and affection. She described their relationship as going from "0 to 100" with him telling her he loved her after two weeks and asking her to join his tour of Europe.

"I do not have fond memories of this tour though as things went downhill quickly. He would tie me up for the first of many times and rape me. I sobbed on the floor in the hotel and when I looked at him, he was smiling," she shared.

Model and actor Ashley Lindsay Morgan says during her time with Manson she was "given rules" and "things turned dark very quickly."

"There was abuse, sexual violence, physical violence and coercion. I still feel the effects every day. I have night terrors, PTSD, anxiety and mostly crippling OCD. I try to wash constantly to get him off me," she wrote.

The damning statements made front page news around the world, and Manson has remained in the headlines ever since as more and more allegations come to light, and a history of violent, abusive and degrading behaviour is unpacked by a world who are being faced with the reality that we let him get away with it.

"I was his property." Manson accusers sue.

On May 18, 2021, Manson's former assistant Ashley Walters sued the singer for sexual assault, battery, and harassment.

Her suit, filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, includes allegations that Manson made her work for 48 hours straight and told his friends they could kiss and grope her, per The Cut.

Walters alleges Manson had violent outbursts, which included throwing dishes, pushing her against a wall and threats. At one point, he emailed her images of actress Esme Bianco's cut back with the subject line 'see what happens?', the suit claims.

Walters said Manson would often introduce her to influential people and tell them they could 'have her'.

"It made me feel like I was his property," she toldThe Cut. "It just made me feel like a piece of meat."

Manson is also facing a lawsuit from former girlfriend andGame of Thronesactress Bianco.

In late April 2021, a suit was filed in the Federal Court in Los Angeles alleging "on multiple instances Warner physically, sexually, psychologically, and emotionally abused Bianco".

In the 10-page document filed by her lawyer Jay D. Ellwanger, obtained by Deadline, he said that Bianco was "well aware of the violence Mr. Warner could dole out if she fought back, having been on the receiving end of his temper many times."

"He also supplied drugs to Ms. Bianco and deprived her of sleep and food in order to weaken her physically and mentally and decrease her ability to refuse him," he wrote. "Mr. Warner committed sexual acts with Ms. Bianco when she was unconscious or otherwise unable to consent."

The suit also alleges Bianco was forced to perform "unpaid labour" and that his ex-manager, Tony Ciulla, violated human trafficking laws because they flew her from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles in 2007 and 2011 with promises of work in an unmade film.

Through his lawyer, Manson said he would "vigorously contest these allegations in court" and was confident of winning.

"Horrible distortions of reality." Manson dropped by his record label.

Manson released a statement on his own Instagram as the allegations against him made worldwide news in early February 2021.

"Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. 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," he wrote.