"And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line. It's a Chinese boy, for the record."
Posted on 11/23/2007 3:12:13 PM PST by Huntress
Shock rock singer Marilyn Manson has been accused of squandering his band's profit on a child's skeleton and masks made of human skin.
Manson ridicules claimsKeyboardist Stephen "Pogo" Bier filed a breach of contract lawsuit in August in which he accused Manson of taking cash belonging to the rest of the band to pay for the "sick and disturbing" purchases.
His lawyer Keith Fink has now filed additional papers adding to a list of artefacts bought by the goth singer- many of which are illegal in the US.
As well as the skeleton and masks, Manson is said to have bought a range of stuffed animals, including a grizzly bear and two baboons.
He is also accused of using band funds to pay for a collection of Nazi memorabilia.
Swastika wall tiles with matching custom rugs and Nazi government coat hangers owned by Adolf Hitler are allegedly on display in Manson's Californian mansion, according to legal papers.
When interviewed on MTV after Bier filed the original lawsuit, Manson said: "The fact that he's claiming that I've treated him unfairly, financially, is really ridiculous."
"And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line. It's a Chinese boy, for the record."
Bier is seeking damages and lawyers fees from millionaire Manson as well as his slice of the successful band's profit.
"And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line. It's a Chinese boy, for the record."
personally I doubt these claims, the guy is making tons of money with the shock act.
uh oh, trouble in paradise. Now the lawyers have arrived, the party’s over...
Weird is weird.
I saw them about 15 years ago when they were just a local act. I was doing stage lighting and effects at the time. Personally, I wasn’t impressed. I guessed they must have gotten more interesting, and judging by this story, it appears they did.
Having a human skeleton is not so far from probable.
There was a time when every highschool science class and every doctors office had a real human skeleton. Nowdays you need documentation proving that these skeletons were obtained legally before the law banning them went into effect. I’ve heard about old time doctors having a hard time getting rid of their skeletons when it comes time for them to retire and close up shop. THey can’t just turn them over to the authorities without being investigated. If they don’t have the required documentation, they are in a bind. I suppose a good deal of them end up on the black market.
It gives renewed meaning to the phrase “skeletons in the closet”.
It must be difficult being a freak.
I think that Penn Jillette has some “unusual” items too ranging from an electic chair to a fetus in a jar. And then there are the things he wouldn’t show the film crew that was touring his home.
Utterly transparent PR stunt...
Thanks for the info, I had no idea. I wondered why my daughter's biology class didn't have a skeleton like mine did in high school.
It’s getting old, Manson. Your 15 minutes are about up.
I also have shrunken heads, the finger Mrs Robinson found in a small wooden box in the back of a drawer of a used credenza she purchased
How about the mermaids, chupacabras. atomic death worms, swamp rats and of course Zack and Mack, our two headed turtle. Live and amazing wonders, waiting for you on the inside.... Documentaion! Ha! we have reams of paper, son! Pages and pages with actual woords, paragraphs and gobbli-gook!
A freak is a freak. Any guy who admits giving Lewinskys to bandmates and gets breast implants is a freak. I wouldn’t put anything past this... person.
“And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line. It’s a Chinese boy, for the record.”
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He is the new Gene Simmons. Gimmick people. Ozzy with the supposed LIKING to eat bat heads, blah blah blah.
And I don’t care who ya are, that line above is just funny.
Poor li'l freak show is feeling ignored.
Mermaids are nothing but monkey skeletons grafted to fish.
He stole it from Gibby of the B#tthole Surfers who got kicked out of college for m@sterbating in a shower with a bottle up his wrecked’em. When asked if the story was “true” he denied the particular type of bottle (eg. beer bottle? No, it was a wine bottle.).
Beyond the band’s money that he spent on his own Nazi crap collection, he also blew a lot of money on blow. Or at least several of his ex-es say.
I don't understand what about entertainers, and I use the term lightly, gives them such notariety.
Manson, Paris Hilton, Britney, Madonna (in her day), NWA (in their day), Snoop Dogg, Anna Nicole Smith, Lindsay Lohan... Sean Penn, these folks are degenerates and not worth the airtime.
The mentally vapid in the world continuously confuse "fame" with "infamy"
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