Fuck the haters and the accusers!!!! Marilyn Manson was the BEST concert I have even been to. It was hilarious seeing all of the Christians in the upper deck outraged because Manson was burning pages out of the bible.
Why are people at all surprised that he is a freak and a perv? His lyrics very much reveal all of this. If my gf and I ever were lucky enough to meet him we would be honored to let him do dirty things to her.
We have an open and freaky relationship, nothing more nothing less. We also enjoy making younger ladies our subs. Some people are just freaks and love it.
If you have an open and freaky relationship, especially one that dabbles in BDSM then you should understand, consent, consent, consent. And guess what? Consent.
If it were one accusation, I might question it. When it's several accusations, by several different people, with witnesses and others who have corroborated their stories, then I don't question as much. I have no issues with him being into freaky, weird sex stuff. There are tons of people out there who are, and most of them understand the tenets of the BDSM community are "safe, sane, and consensual". Also, just because someone isn't found guilty in a court of law, it doesn't mean that they aren't guilty.
A lot of people can lie. Sometimes when someone is the first to do something, other people follow. He definitely could be guilty of pushing the envelope, but I doubt anything he did to these women is criminal. But, like you, I don't know.
Just because someone is accused by people, even many people, doesn't mean they are guilty.
People with money get accused of stuff they didn't do all the time.
And if people's words are so important, shouldn't you also consider what Manson's actual ex wife said about him? They were together for 7 years, and she never experienced anything remotely what his accusers say he did. You may not question his accusers as much, but I would say the same about his ex.
I'm not saying for sure that he is guilty, but like just because I like some of his songs it doesn't mean that I'm automatically going to decree that he is innocent and that the 15 women who are accusing him are all liars who just want attention. Just because someone has money it doesn't mean that they don't actually do bad things and then cry that people just want money from them.
I totally believe that nothing happened with his ex. You've said that you are into D/s relationships. If so, do you treat every woman that you meet as submissives? It's entirely possible that they had a relationship that wasn't based on S&M and they might have mutually respected each other. I also consider that Dita said that she left because of his infidelity and drug abuse which kind of fits with what the others have said.
I'm no fan of Manson, but agree that it's too dubious that these accusers waited 10-25 years to come forward with their claims. Besides, when they got involved with him back then it was no secret what kind of person he was/is. Do they understand the concept of taking responsibility for their own questionable choices?
Hence, their accusations smack of trying to make a profit, getting attention now that they're has-beens or sticking it to him out of bittern envy, etc.