The 'Donda' rapper has come under fire from one of the women who was allegedly sexually abused by his collaborator after the MC invited the rock star to Halloween religious gathering.
- Nov 4, 2021
AceShowbiz - One of Marilyn Manson's sexual assault accusers has slammed Kanye West for including the shock rocker at his latest Sunday Service gospel gathering on Halloween (31Oct21).
Manson was invited to attend the rooftop gig, which was posted on social media, and at one point took centre stage with Kanye and another guest, Justin Bieber, for a prayer circle moment.
Manson said, "Thank you for your forgiveness... We cast out any demonic activity that would try to steal our peace today and our joy."
Both Kanye and Bieber were criticised for including Manson, who is currently facing multiple sex abuse accusations and now one of his alleged victims, Ashley Morgan Smithline, tells People that seeing the rock star, real name Brian Warber, onstage at a spiritual event was "just like being traumatized" again.
"It's heartbreaking. It makes me sick. How is this the world we live in?" she says. "It makes everyone really f**king sick. This is just like being retraumatized. And it's just showing the point that the world doesn't really care if you rape and if you beat and hurt all these (women), you can do whatever you want, basically, if you have money and you're a guy and you're famous."
Targeting Kanye, she added, "This man has to know that he is enabling a rapist. He's enabling an abuser and not just (of) one girl."
This is not the first time Kanye has sparked controversy for including Manson in an event - over the summer, he invited the "Rock Is Dead" singer onstage during one of his "Donda" album listening parties. Manson also features on the album.
