Previously identified only as “Jane Doe” in legal proceedings against the musician, Bianca Allaine Kyne has now spoken out publicly for the first time about her allegations against Manson.Content warning: Some readers may find details within this story disturbing. A woman who alleges that shock rock musician Marilyn Manson groomed and abused her from the age of 16 has come forward publicly for the first time.
“No longer a nameless victim, I stand before you as Bianca Allaine Kyne, a survivor. Today, I reclaim my voice, a voice stolen for far too long,” Kyne, 44, said in a statement released via her lawyer to Rolling Stone magazine. Kyne's allegations against Manson span several years.
Her initial meeting with Manson - whose real name is Brian Warner - in 1995, when Kyne was still a minor, is said to have involved “horrific” abuse, which her ongoing lawsuit claims made the young woman vulnerable to a later period of abuse at the artist’s hands in 1999. “Warner exploited his power and twisted influence to coerce me into his dark desires,” Kyne said. As part of her lawsuit, which she originally filed as a "Jane Doe" – a placeholder name used in the US justice system for, among other reasons, plaintiffs wishing to remain anonymous in sensitive lawsuits alleging abuse – Kyne is alleging sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Manson.
Denying the allegations, Manson’s lawyer, Howard King, told Rolling Stone that Kyne’s accus.