In May 2021, Ashley Morgan Smithline appeared on the cover of People magazine next to the headline: “I survived a monster.”The story announced that Smithline, who has worked as a model and actor, was “ready to tell her truth” about the horrific abuse she had suffered at the hands of Marilyn Manson. Among other things, she alleged that Manson had tied her up and raped her while she slept, drank her blood and carved his initials into her thigh.“I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said, alongside a photo in which she displayed the scar.
But in a three-page declaration filed in court on Thursday, Smithline recanted her allegations.
Source: Marilyn Manson Accuser Retracts Shocking Abuse Claims – Variety