New York Post
Marks, executive editor of the popular rock 'n' roll mag, swore out a criminal complaint against Manson and his bodyguards at the Midtown South station house yesterday.
Detectives said they plan to quiz Manson and his handlers about the incident, which Marks said occurred at 11 p.m. Monday after Manson's sold-out show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on West 34th Street.
Calls to Manson's publicist and his record company, Nothing Records, were not returned.
Marks said that after the show, he was invited by Manson publicist Jenny Boddy to meet the rock wild man.
Marks said Manson's manager, Tony Ciulla, and John Malm, president of Nothing Records, joined them as they walked backstage to the star's dressing room.
"They told me Marilyn was upset because he had wanted [to appear on] the cover of Spin's January issue," Marks said.
"That had been the original plan, but we felt his record wasn't performing that well so we made alternative plans by doing a group cover which included smaller pictures of Manson and other artists.
"We walked in and I put out my hand and Marilyn put out his and we shook hands. He said: 'So, what's the deal?'
"I said, 'I'm not sure what you're referring to. Then he strolled away a little bit, yelled for everybody to be quiet and told me: 'I can kill you! I can kill your family! I can kill everyone you know.'"
Seconds later, Marks said, two of Manson's beefy bodyguards charged him and shoved him against a wall, pulling him off the ground by his neck.
"My air supply was cut off and I couldn't breathe. One of them screamed: 'From now on, when you deal with Marilyn Manson, you're dealing with us!'" said Marks, who stands 5-foot-10 and weighs 160 pounds.
"The publicist yelled for them to put me down and they let me go after six or seven seconds.
"Then Marilyn said to me:: 'That will teach you to disrespect me! You have to learn to respect me!' I turned around and got out of there."
Marks believes the attack was planned and was the "end result of a pampered, spoiled ego that couldn't quite deal with the fact that he wasn't getting his way."
