Keanu Reeves' ex-girlfriend died after attending a party at Marilyn Manson's
Marilyn Manson is no stranger to controversy. The shocking '90s rocker is in the news right now after her ex-fiancé, actor Evan Rachel Wood, claimed to have been "horribly abused" during their relationship. Manson has denied the allegations. But it has made headlines over the years. He was accused of assaulting a security guard. He was involved in a lawsuit related to the 2001 death of Keanu Reeves' ex-girlfriend Jennifer Syme.
Keanu Reeves' ex-girlfriend Jennifer Syme dies in car crash
RELATED: Keanu Reeves Once Opened Up About the Joys of Meeting Older Women In the late 1990s, Reeves met Jennifer Syme, who was then working as an assistant to director David Lynch. The two fell in love and Syme got pregnant. Sadly, the couple's child, Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, was stillborn at 8 months on December 24, 1999.
Syme and Reeves went their separate ways shortly after their daughter's death. On April 1, 2001, she attended a party at Manson's home in Los Angeles. While there, she allegedly consumed "various amounts of an illegal controlled substance," according to a 2002 report from MTV. Another guest drove Syme home at one minute, but then she got into her own car in an attempt to get back to the party. She crashed into several parked vehicles and was thrown from her car and killed. Police found rolled up bills, a powdery white substance, and prescription drugs in Syme's car. Reeves served as a porter at his funeral.
Marilyn Manson was pursued by Jennifer Syme's mother
After Syme's death, her mother, Maria St. John, sued for wrongful death. In the lawsuit, she claimed Manson provided the drugs her daughter consumed and encouraged her to drive under the influence. The lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court, according to Paper. Manson has denied any responsibility for Syme's death.
"Words cannot express the pain I feel at the loss of the life of Jennifer Syme," Manson said in a statement issued shortly after the accident. “After Jennifer was sent home safely with a designated driver, she got behind the wheel of her own car for reasons only known to her. His death is sad and tragic. "
Keanu Reeves spoke of grief
RELATED: Keanu Reeves Has Once Said The Most Deep And The Most Beautiful About Death Reeves Has Commented On The Death Of His Ex-Girlfriend. But in an interview in 2006, he discussed the grief he experienced after these losses.
“Mourning improves in form, but it never stops,” Reeves told Parade (by means of Paper). “People have a misconception that you can face it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better. " They are wrong. When the people you love are gone, you are on your own. In 2019, Stephen Colbert asked The Matrix actor what he thought happened when we died. “I know that those who love us will be missed,” he replied.
