LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors on Wednesday dropped home violence costs in opposition to Justin Roiland, who created the Cartoon Community animated collection “Rick and Morty” and supplied the voices of the present’s two title characters.
Orange County district legal professional’s spokeswoman Kimberly Edds stated the 2 felony counts involving a former girlfriend had been dropped “as a result of a scarcity of adequate proof past an inexpensive doubt.”
“I’ve at all times identified that these claims had been false — and I by no means had any doubt that this present day would come,” he stated. “I’m grateful that this case has been dismissed however, on the similar time, I’m nonetheless deeply shaken by the horrible lies that had been reported about me throughout this course of.”
He added that he’s “upset that so many individuals had been so fast to guage with out understanding the information, based mostly solely on the phrase of a bitter ex making an attempt to bypass due course of and have me ‘canceled.’”
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Roiland, 43, had been awaiting trial on costs of corporal damage and false imprisonment by menace, fraud, violence or deceit in opposition to the girl, who he was residing with on the time. She was not recognized in courtroom paperwork.
The fees dated to Might of 2020, however they apparently went unnoticed by media shops till NBC Information reported on them in January of this 12 months.
Roiland and Dan Harmon created the animated sci-fi sitcom a few mad scientist and his grandson, each voiced by Roiland. It has aired for six seasons on Cartoon Community as a part of its Grownup Swim nighttime programming block, and it has been renewed for a seventh.
Grownup Swim and Cartoon Community minimize ties with him when the fees had been reported and stated his roles could be recast. twentieth TV Animation and Hulu Originals, which produce two different animated collection Roiland labored on, did the identical.
The businesses declined touch upon Wednesday.
In his tweet, Roiland stated he’s “decided to maneuver ahead and focus each on my inventive tasks and restoring my good identify.”
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