British actor Esmé Bianco is most recognizable for her recurring role as Ros on "Game of Thrones." She met Marilyn Manson in 2005 through her colleague Dita Von Teese, who was engaged to him. Following the end of that marriage, Manson reached out to Bianco in 2009 and asked her to star in a music video. She reported that the shoot lasted for three continuous days in which she was denied food and sleep, was dressed only in underwear, and was given cocaine. At one point, Bianco told The Cut, Manson threw a camera, bound the actor, struck her with a whip, and used an adult toy as a "torture device."
Nevertheless, a romantic relationship developed, characterized by violent sexual encounters to which Bianco did not consent. After ending her marriage to move in with Manson at his West Hollywood home, Bianco said the musician became very controlling, telling her how to dress, when she was allowed to leave and return home, and when she could sleep. "I was often violently shaken awake should I go to sleep without permission," Bianco testified to the California Assembly Public Safety Committee in 2019 while arguing in support of a domestic violence crime victims bill (via Medium).
"I basically felt like a prisoner," Bianco told The Cut. She was able to leave the home, and the relationship, when Manson was asleep one day in 2011, just after he reportedly tried to attack Bianco with an axe.
