Marilyn Manson is undeniably strange as a stage persona, but I thought that was all it was. Turns out his weirdness extends to his private life as Brian. It seems he’s been using band funds (Marilyn Manson is actually the band’s name too, for those of you not in the know) to fund his private collection of human remains. He’s being sued by his former keyboardist, Madonna Wayne Gracy, for monies owing.

Madonna Wayne Gacy – real name Stephen Gregory Bier Jr. – made the revelation in new legal papers added to his existing lawsuit against the singer, in which he accuses the star of failing to pay him during his time in the band. Bier filed the original lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in August (07), in which he claims Manson squandered his band’s earnings on “sick and disturbing” Nazi memorabilia and a skeleton of a young Chinese girl, among other unusual items.

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Manson apparently found a shop that was well stocked in ‘sick and disturbing’ merchandise, as Bier says Manson also bought a skeleton of a man in a wheelchair, and masks made of human skin. I wonder how much they cost…

Beir also claims that Manson’s girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood, received the “highest salary ever paid to any actress in any music video in history” for her role in Heart Shaped Glasses. While for the most part Wood gazes up at Manson adoringly through – what else? – heart shaped glasses, the beginning of the video features her having simulated sex with Manson. I’m guessing her enormous salary was basically just Manson’s way of getting a girl topless near him, as he hadn’t been able to win her over with his collection of human remains.

Marilyn Manson is obviously looking for a new career where he doesn’t need to share the proceeds – this time he’s going to break records. The first one he’s going to try, and possibly the last, is bathing with rattlesnakes. The current record, held by ‘Texas Snakeman’ Jackie Bibby, is sharing the tub with 87 snakes for 45 minutes. The secret to bathing with snakes is to move very slowly, according to Jackie.

Note by Celebitchy: The story about Marilyn Manson collecting bizarre memorabilia came out in August, but new papers were filed in the lawsuit by his old bandmate, with the revelation about the skeleton in the wheelchair and the human skin masks.

Marilyn Manson is shown out to dinner with Evan Rachel Wood on 9/9/07 in Toronto during the Toronto Film Festival, thanks to Splash News.