Marilyn Manson

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Sexual misconduct

In a civil battery suit, David Diaz, a security officer from a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 27, 2000, sued for $75,000 in a Minneapolis federal court. After two days deliberation the jury decided that Manson's alleged molestation had been part of the show and that he had not overstepped his boundaries as an artist, ruling in favor of Manson and against Diaz.

Manson was charged with "sexual misconduct" on August 16, 2001 after Joshua Keasler filed a complaint that as he was providing security for a July 30 concert Manson had allegedly spat on his head, wrapped his legs around him and began to gyrate his penis along his neck. Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca said that "It was offensive, crude and rude. This was not something that was orchestrated or choreographed as part of the act. The security guard was an unknowing and unwilling participant and, ironically, while he was there for protection... was sexually assaulted." The charge, punishable with up to two years imprisonment, was accompanied with a charge of disorderly conduct. The complaint came with an arrest warrant but Manson thwarted this by posting a $25,000 personal bond. In a one-day December 28, 2001 trial the presiding Judge dismissed the charge of "sexual misconduct" as Manson had in his view "gained no sexual gratification from the act." Manson pleaded "no contest" to the outstanding lesser charge, which carried only up to three months imprisonment, and was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines. After the trial Keasler pursued a civil lawsuit against Manson that was dropped when the two settled out of court in February 2004.

Lawsuits

• In September 1996, former bassist Gidget Gein negotiated a settlement with Manson where he would receive $17,500 in cash, 20 percent of any royalties paid for recordings and for any songs he had a hand in writing and his share of any other royalties or fees the group earned while he was a member. Furthermore, the settlement allowed him to market himself as a former member of Marilyn Manson. This settlement was not honored, however.

• In 1997, former guitarist and songwriter Scott Putesky (also known as Daisy Berkowitz), filed suit against Manson seeking unpaid royalties for his contributions to the band's output up to that period, including the recently released Antichrist Superstar. The case was concluded in 1998, although the outcome was confidential.

• On January 4, 1999, SPIN editor Craig Marks filed an assault and battery lawsuit against Manson in the New York Supreme Court. The lawsuit specifically alleged that Manson, upset at not making the cover of SPIN, had yelled "I can kill you, I can kill your family, I can kill everyone you know!" before two of Manson's bodyguards were said to have charged him and held him against the wall and threw him to the floor after which it was alleged Manson had said, "That's what you get when you disrespect me." The case was dropped when, weeks later, Marks was fired from SPIN over financial irregularities.

• In a civil battery suit, David Diaz, a security officer from a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 27, 2000, sued for $75,000 in a Minneapolis federal court. The federal court jury found in Manson's favor.

• In a civil suit presented by Oakland County, Michigan, Manson was charged with sexual misconduct against another security officer, Joshua Keasler, during a concert in Clarkston, Michigan on July 30, 2001. Oakland County originally filed assault and battery and criminal sexual misconduct charges, but the judge reduced the latter charge to misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Manson pleaded no contest to the reduced charges, paid a $4,000 fine, and later settled the lawsuit under undisclosed terms.

• On April 3, 2002 Maria St. John filed in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing Manson of providing her adult daughter, Jennifer Syme, with cocaine and instructing her to drive while under the influence. The case was settled out of court.

• On August 2, 2007, former keyboardist Stephen Bier (also known as Madonna Wayne Gacy) filed a lawsuit against Manson unpaid "partnership proceeds" seeking $20 million in back pay. Several details from the lawsuit leaked to the press. In November 2007, additional papers were filed saying that Manson purchased a child's skeleton and masks made of human skin. He also allegedly bought stuffed animals, such as a grizzly bear and two baboons, and a collection of Nazi memorabilia. In December 2007, Manson counter sued, claiming that Bier failed to fulfill his duties as a band member to play for recordings and to promote the band. In September 2008, it was reported that Scott Putesky had sided with Bier in the lawsuit.

Major label discography

• Portrait of an American Family (1994)
• Smells Like Children (1995)
• Antichrist Superstar (1996)
• Remix & Repent (1997)
• Mechanical Animals (1998)
• The Last Tour on Earth (Live) (1999)
• Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
• The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
• Lest We Forget (The Best of) (2004)
• Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
• The High End of Low (2009)

Filmography

• Lost Highway (1997)
• MTV Video Music Awards commercial (1998)
• Dead to the World (1998)
• Jawbreaker (1999)
• God Is in the T.V. (1999)
• Clone High (2000)
• Autopsy (2000)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)
• Guns, God and Government World Tour (2002)
• The Hire: Beat the Devil (2003)
• Party Monster (2003)
• Doppelherz (2003)
• The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
• Rise (2007)
• Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll (TBA)
• King Shot (TBA)

Bibliography

• The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998)
• Holy Wood (TBA)

Trivia

• From 1997-2004 Manson owned the Mary Astor house in Los Angeles, which housed the infamous 'The White Room'-- Manson's home studio located in the pool house, where the entire album Mechanical Animals was recorded and was once owned by The Rolling Stones.

• All Manson's tattoos were done at Tattoos By Lou in Miami, Florida over a four-year span starting in 1991, until a new tattoo emerged in early-2007.

• In the 1990s, an Internet rumor spread stating Josh Saviano (who played Paul Pfeiffer in 1980s drama The Wonder Years) grew up to become Marilyn Manson. As of 2007, Josh Saviano is a licensed attorney in New York. He has, however, commented on the rumor, and thinks it is neat people believe him to be in a "goth band". In the TRL show Mothers Against Manson, Marilyn Manson admitted that out of all the rumors, the Wonder Years one is the one that pisses him off the most.

• Contrary to what some may deem "common knowledge", Manson has not had any ribs removed for the purpose of autofellatio. "If I really got my ribs removed," he said in the The Long Hard Road Out of Hell autobiography, "I would have been busy sucking my own dick on The Wonder Years instead of chasing Winnie Cooper."

• In an E! interview, Manson revealed that he owns a Nintendo DS. "My friend got me this little Japanese lawyer game; it's fucking amazing," he said in reference to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. He also mentioned that he was "pretty good at Mario Kart".

• In an interview with MTV in 2002 Manson revealed that for most of his paintings he uses a children's Alice in Wonderland tin. He also uses a 1920's mortician paint kit originally used for retouching cadavers.

• Manson has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, an erratic, rapid heartbeat.

• Manson, who cites David Bowie as being his biggest influence, claims his favorite songs by him are "Quicksand", "Ashes to Ashes", and "We Are the Dead". He even proposed to his ex-wife, Dita Von Teese, during a David Bowie concert (at the time Bowie was performing "Be My Wife") .

• Pets Manson has had in his life include the childhood dog, an Alaskan malamute named Aleusha, an orange tabby named O.J. which he found on the steps of Christian school, four Devon Rex cats named Aleister, Edgar, Herman, and Lily, and two dachshunds named Greta and Eva. After the divorce of Manson and ex-wife Dita Von Teese, Von Teese won the custody of both dachshunds and Aleister. For Manson's 39th birthday on January 5th, 2008, girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood gave him a new cat, Charlie (Manson), as a birthday gift.

• Prior to his rise to fame, Manson posed nude for photos which were published in the March 1999 issue of Honcho.

• When asked in 2007 by Rolling Stone what his current favorite play list was, Manson chose among Radiohead's "Exit Music (For a Film)", Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" and David Bowie's classic "We Are the Dead".

• On the August 14, 2009 show at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX, Manson revealed that he was conceived in the city of San Antonio.[1]

• On September 21, 2009, Marilyn Manson was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus (swine flu). On September 25, 2009, he claims to be healthy (physically), and is still touring.

• Manson is an only child.

• Often wears a contact lens with a different color in it oppose to his original eye (such as David Bowie used to do).

• He has a collection of medical prosthetics (artificial limbs, glass eyes, etc.) and vintage metal lunch boxes.

• His favorite film is Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, and expressed interest in playing Willy Wonka in the remake (the role went to Johnny Depp, who based his acting on Manson).

External links

• Official band website
• Mansinthe's official website
• Marilyn Manson at The Internet Movie Database