Nick van der Leek

At 19, Evan Rachel Wood starred in 38-year-old Marilyn Manson's music video for "Heart-Shaped Glasses." She says he fed her absinthe and had sex with her for real in front of the crew. Years later, after she named him publicly, Manson sued her for defamation. He ended up dropping his own lawsuit and paying over $300,000 for her lawyers. In the video below, she tells it herself, starting with the shoot. They met at the Chateau Marmont when she was 18 and he was 37, still married to Dita Von Teese. On the music video set, she was the youngest person in the room. There was no nudity clause and no closed set. She didn't think her clothes were coming off that day. Before the cameras rolled, she was given absinthe. Someone on set later told her Manson had privately asked wardrobe for underwear that could be easily ripped off. When the scene started, she froze. "His hands are around my neck. His face is pressed into my face. Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't say no." The video has been watched tens of millions of times. It is still up on YouTube. At home, whenever Manson put on his stage makeup, she knew he would trash the house. She locked herself in the bathroom so often that she strung lights and put music inside. Once, she ducked as he swung a heavy cane at her head. It hit the doorframe beside her and snapped in half. She tried to leave seven times before it stuck. In 2021, at the peak of her run on HBO's Westworld, she named him on Instagram. Manson sued her for defamation and fraud. After a judge threw out most of his claims, Manson offered to pay her a settlement to end his own case. She refused to take a cent for herself. She demanded only the $300,000 she had spent on legal fees, and rejected his gag order that would have banned her from speaking about him again. "You're not taking one more thing from me, and you'll never have my voice." He paid her legal bill and walked away. People still ask what she expected dating Marilyn Manson at 18. Why does nobody ask what a 37-year-old man expected when the cameras were rolling?

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The absolute state of Russell Brand’s dad.

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After watching the 20/20 special Friday night on the JonBenet Ramsay Murder Investigation, I believe they will be able to solve the crime with the advances in DNA technology. What got my attention the most in the special was when they mentioned the similar incident that happened to a girl who didn’t live far from the Ramsey home 9 months later. This girl was also in the pageant’s with JonBenet. When I checked this on Grok, they refer to the girl as Amy. The Boulder Police Department were so focused on her family that they may have dropped the ball on investigating this further. I believe Unkown Male 1 will be a predator that was or is still in the community, attended the pageants. Could have even been a Father to one of the contestants. You never really know what secrets people are hiding. The person knew them personally and had shown in the 3 pg letter his feelings towards John and his success. This case should have been solved a long time ago. My heart still breaks for her family 💔 They have had to endure losing JonBenet so brutally and being falsely accused by the Police and the world. 🙏🙏 they get the answer they have been seeking for 30 years According to Grok: Boulder police investigated people connected to JonBenét Ramsey’s beauty pageants (especially photographers and others in that circle), but there is no public evidence of a broad, systematic effort to interview general attendees Key documented examples include: • Randy Simons (a pageant photographer who took pictures of Jonbenet He was later ruled out via DNA. His studio was examined, and he later faced unrelated child pornography charges. • Other photographers (e.g., Mark Fix) were interviewed, including about Simons and pageant practices. • Pageant-connected people such as seamstress Pamela Griffin (who introduced the Ramseys to Simons and worked on costumes) spoke with police. Authors and investigators also talked with pageant mothers who competed alongside the Ramseys; those mothers described noticing LONE or UNUSUAL MALE SPECTATORS at events. However, publicly available reporting, official statements, books on the case (such as those by Lawrence Schiller), and later reviews DO NOT describe a comprehensive canvass of every (or most) people who simply attended the pageants as spectators or parents of other contestants. On the night of September 14, 1997, a masked man dressed in black broke into a Boulder home roughly two miles from the Ramsey residence. He entered the bedroom of a then-12-year-old girl (sometimes referred to in reporting under the pseudonym “Amy”), stood over her bed, called her by name, threatened her, and sexually assaulted her. The attack was interrupted when the girl’s mother heard voices/whispering, entered the room, and confronted the intruder, who then fled (reportedly out a window). Reported similarities noted by the families • The homes were close (under two miles apart). • Both girls attended the same dance studio. • In both cases, the theory (supported by the Ramsey family and the second girl’s father) is that an intruder was already inside or entered while the family was out/asleep and targeted a girl in her bedroom • The second girl’s father has said private investigators found additional possible links, such as the same brand of cigarette butts outside both homes and other local burglary/trespassing reports in the area around that time. Amy's father and the private investigator he hired tried to get Boulder police to collect/test the butts for DNA, but police declined. They reportedly said it was unlikely enough DNA could be recovered and showed little interest in pursuing connections to the Ramsey case. In contrast, the cigarette butts at the Ramsey house were officially seized by Boulder police as evidence (item 58BAH on the December 26, 1996 search-warrant inventory). There is no public record as to whether they were tested or not! #JohnRamsey #JonBenetRamsey #PatsyRamsey

Men have a poor understanding of what makes men attractive Looks are only part of it. Charisma, sex appeal, confidence, humour— and yes, power and money, are insanely persuasive elements Also, this face is not an ugly face. He’s got a full head of hair, is not fat, and is over 6ft tall but many describe him seeming even taller. Yes, he’s not unattractive. That’s an objective fact. Not even sure why people are arguing with me on this considering he has slept with a huge amount of women Again, attractiveness is not just looks. But even if it were; he is not unattractive.

After everything we’ve been through these past two years, too many voters STILL didn’t understand the assignment. What will it take?!