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...
Colonel Kurtz has posted the full exclusive interview on her YouTube channel with Scott Alan Wade, the childhood best friend of Marilyn Manson. Scott discusses past experiences and shares interesting never-before-heard stories and also gives his opinion on the allegations against Manson. Scott also spent a lot of time with Manson in adulthood and discusses the evolution of Manson as a person and as a rock star, even clarifying stories we read about in Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell . He also hung out with Manson and his accuser Evan Rachel Wood on tour and has some strong opinions about her and the other accusers. Scott also talks briefly about the upcoming documentary on Manson which will be aired on Channel 4 in Britain, since he was contacted to offer his contributions to it.