Now that that hasn't happened, he's following through on a defamation lawsuit against Ward.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the complaint was filed Tuesday (Jan. 29) in Los Angeles Superior Court. Manson claimed he was the target of "a months-long campaign of defamation and harassment." It's also stated that Manson does not know Ward, whose occupation is listed as musician and independent occult filmmaker in the complaint.

Ward's claims first got attention when she stated in a widely circulated story that she was engaged to the rocker.