Marilyn Manson files defamation suit against sexual abuse accuser Evan Rachel Wood

Complaint filed in Los Angeles accuses Wood and partner Illma Gore of malicious falsehood' that has derailed Manson's career

Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood for defamation over the actor's sexual abuse allegations against him.

Manson, the American shock rocker" born Brian Warner, filed the complaint in Los Angeles superior court on Wednesday. The complaint accuses Wood and her on-again, off-again" partner Ashley Illma" Gore, of depicting him as a rapist and abuser - a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner's successful music, TV, and film career."