Billy Corgan Defends Marilyn Manson Friendship Despite Sexual Assault Claims Against Manson: “I Didn’t Feel That He Was Guilty”

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman reflected on his 30-year relationship with the shock rocker, whose wife's twin sister is married to the Pumpkins' James Iha. "I don’t want the world to tell me who my friends are and who I should associate with,” he said. "In some cases I knew personal things behind the scenes that are not in the public sphere."