On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a massive, and likely final, batch of files related to the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, totaling over 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. This release was mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in November 2025, requiring the DOJ to produce its files related to the late sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell. Together with the Epstein files, which strictly are files obtained from Jeffrey Epstein himself, and in which Marilyn Manson is never mentioned as having any sort of association with Epstein, the DOJ included a number of separate documents that consist of "anonymous tips." It is a document in one of these anonymous tips that the name Marilyn Manson can be found, in document EFTA00154698. In the context of document EFTA00154698, an "anonymous tip" refers to information submitted by a member of the p...
In this video, Martin DeCoder examines The Extreme Manipulation in ‘Phoenix Rising’ | Evan Rachel Wood vs. Marilyn Manson. How does the docuseries ‘Phoenix Rising’ create sympathy for Evan Rachel Wood, and what does this tell us about the reliability of Wood’s allegations against Marilyn Manson? These are the questions that this in-depth film and language analysis will answer by looking at the trailer to the docuseries. Link to his previous analyses of this case are linked below: Are Evan Rachel Wood’s Allegations Against Marilyn Manson Reliable? | The View Interview Analysis What Evan Rachel Wood Didn’t Want You to Notice | The Daily Show Interview Analysis