Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department served a search warrant at Marilyn Manson's West Hollywood apartment today as part of an ongoing investigation into sexual assault and battery charges against the singer.
Though Manson, whose actual name is Brian Warner, was not at home at the time of the search, detectives entered the house early Monday morning and seized media storage devices, including hard drives, according to TMZ.
Between 2009 and 2011, detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office began looking into Manson after receiving reports of domestic violence.
Several women have accused the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, of assault and abuse, including his former fiancee, "Westworld" actor Evan Rachel Wood.
In a February Instagram post, Wood identified Manson as her abuser for the first time.
Some of Manson's accusers have filed lawsuits, including "Game of Thrones" actress Esmé Bianco, who claims that the shock rocker sexually, physically, and emotionally abused her in a federal court filing.
According to the lawsuit, Manson deprived Bianco of food and sleep, locked her in a room, whipped her, gave her electric shocks, and threatened to break into her room and rape her in the middle of the night.
A report published by Rolling Stone earlier this month has claimed the singer allegedly punished women by locking them in a music studio known as the "Bad Girls' Room."
Manson has denied the allegations. According to his lawyer, Howard E. King, the allegations are without merit.
"These claims are provably false," King said in a statement provided to City News Service. "To be clear, this suit was only filed after my client refused to be shaken down by Ms. Bianco and her lawyer and give in to their outrageous financial demands based on conduct that simply never occurred. We will vigorously contest these allegations in court and are confident that we will prevail."
To the dismay of critics, Manson had recently garnered two Grammy nominations for his work on Ye's album "Donda."
Addressing the nominations in an interview with The Wrap, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said the Grammys "won't restrict the people who can submit their material for consideration."
The Grammys 2022 will be held on Jan. 31, 2022. There were also names that came as a more unsettling surprise: Dr. Luke and Louis C.K., both of whom have been accused of various sorts of sexual abuse and assault.
It's the first nomination for Manson since the sexual abuse allegations came to light.
