Justin Roiland slams ‘horrible lies’ after domestic violence charges dropped – National
California prosecutors have dismissed felony domestic violence charges against animated comedy co-creator Justin Roiland. Rick and Morty, Almost two months after he was dropped from the show.
On Wednesday, Orange County District Attorney spokeswoman Kimberly Edds said: “We dismissed the charges today because there was insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
Royland, 43, is facing one felony count of domestic assault involving physical injury and wrongful imprisonment for intimidation, violence, fraud or deception in connection with an alleged January 2020 incident involving an ex-girlfriend. After the indictment came to light, Roiland was dropped from Adult Swim and Hulu Originals, impacting the various TV shows he was involved with.
Roiland celebrated his dismissal and tweeted “justice” with a statement.
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“I have always known these claims to be false, and I never doubted that this day would come,” he wrote. “I am grateful that this case has been dismissed. But at the same time, I am still deeply disturbed by the horrible lies that have been reported about me in this process.”
Royland said, “I was disappointed that so many people, ignorant of the facts, decided so quickly, based solely on bitter original words to try to get me to ‘cancel’ by circumventing due process.” ” he added.
Roiland was indicted in May 2020 and pleaded not guilty. The accusation went unnoticed by the press until Roiland’s case went to pretrial hearing in January of this year.
Adult Swim televised when domestic violence accusation became public rick and mortyannounced that it had cut ties with Royland. Roiland not only co-created Dan Her Harmon, but also voiced her two famous characters on the show. The network confirmed that they would recast his role and rick and morty It will continue without him.
Hulu Originals, which produced two other anime series Roiland worked on, opposite of the sun and Koalamanannounced at the time that Roiland would also drop out and recast his role.
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Adult Swim and Hulu Originals declined to comment on Roiland’s claims being dropped.
Roiland’s attorney, T. Edward Welbourn, wrote that he “thanks justice prevailed.”
“I commend the Orange County District Attorney’s Office for their thorough investigation of the facts and their decision to dismiss the lawsuit against Justin,” he added. statement to variety.
Roiland said on Twitter, “I am determined to move forward and focus on both my creative projects and restoring my reputation.”
— with files from The Associated Press
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