As Evan Rachel Wood Calls to Remove Marilyn Manson Video With Alleged Sexual Assault, YouTube “Monitoring the Situation”

Notice: This text discusses alleged sexual assault.

Within the Amy Berg–directed documentary Phoenix Rising, which aired this week on HBO, Evan Rachel Wooden alleged that she was “primarily raped on digital camera” by Marilyn Manson in the course of the filming of the music video for his 2007 single “Coronary heart-Formed Glasses (When the Coronary heart Guides the Hand).” On Wednesday (March 16) in an Instagram story, Wooden shared a petition calling for YouTube to take away that video. The video continues to be obtainable on the service, and in response to a YouTube consultant, it isn’t coming down right now.

“We’re monitoring the scenario carefully and can take acceptable motion if we decide there’s a breach of our creator accountability tips,” YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon mentioned in an announcement. 

YouTube’s group tips and phrases of service dictate {that a} person can have monetization suspended or their channel terminated if their habits away from the platform “harms” YouTube customers, their monetization or channel could also be suspended. In keeping with YouTube, a video might be eliminated within the occasion of a related conviction, confession, or authorized ruling.

A confession seems unlikely from Manson, who just lately sued Wooden for defamation simply previous to the televised premiere of Phoenix Rising. Manson’s lawyer beforehand issued an announcement denying Wooden’s claims in regards to the video.

Of all of the false claims that Evan Rachel Wooden has made about Brian Warner, her imaginative retelling of the making of the “Coronary heart-Formed Glasses” music video 15 years in the past is essentially the most brazen and best to disprove, as a result of there have been a number of witnesses. Evan was not solely absolutely coherent and engaged in the course of the three-day shoot but additionally closely concerned in weeks of pre-production planning and days of post-production modifying of the ultimate reduce. The simulated intercourse scene took a number of hours to shoot with a number of takes utilizing completely different angles and several other lengthy breaks in between digital camera setups. Brian didn’t have intercourse with Evan on that set, and he or she is aware of that’s the reality.

Rolling Stone interviewed one crew member from the video shoot below the situation of anonymity, who corroborated Wooden’s declare. “I do consider that there have been some moments of precise intercourse.” 

In the event you or somebody you recognize has been affected by sexual assault or home violence, we encourage you to succeed in out for assist:

RAINN Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline
http://www.rainn.org 
1 800 656 HOPE (4673)

Disaster Textual content Line
http://www.fb.com/crisistextline (chat assist)
SMS: Textual content “HERE” to 741-741

The Nationwide Home Violence Hotline
http://thehotline.org
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)