Justin Roiland slams ‘horrible lies’ after domestic violence charges dropped – National | 24CA News
California prosecutors have dismissed felony home violence prices towards Justin Roiland, co-creator of the animated comedy Rick and Morty, virtually two months after he was dropped from the present.
“We dismissed the charges today because there was insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt,” stated Orange County district lawyer’s spokeswoman Kimberly Edds on Wednesday.
Roiland, 43, was dealing with one felony rely of home battery with corporal damage and one felony rely of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit in reference to an alleged January 2020 incident involving a former girlfriend. After the costs got here to mild, Roiland was dropped by Adult Swim and Hulu Originals, affecting a wide range of tv exhibits he was concerned in.
Roiland celebrated the dismissal, tweeting “justice” together with a press release.
“I have always known that these claims were false — and I never had any doubt that this day would come,” he wrote. “I’m thankful that this case has been dismissed but, at the same time, I’m still deeply shaken by the horrible lies that were reported about me during this process.”
Roiland added that he was “dissatisfied that so many individuals have been so fast to evaluate with out realizing the details, primarily based solely on the phrase of a bitter ex attempting to bypass due course of and have me ‘canceled.’”
Roiland was charged back in May 2020 and pleaded not guilty. The charges went unnoticed by media outlets until Roiland’s case went to a pre-trial listening to this January.
When the home violence prices turned public, Adult Swim, which airs Rick and Morty, introduced it had reduce ties with Roiland. Along with being a co-creator with Dan Harmon, Roiland additionally offered the voice performing for the present’s two titular characters. The community stated they might recast his roles and Rick and Morty would proceed with out him.
Hulu Originals, which produced two different animated collection that Roiland labored on, Solar Opposites and Koala Man, introduced on the time that it had additionally dropped Roiland and would recast his roles.
Adult Swim and Hulu Originals have each declined to touch upon Roiland’s prices being dropped.
Roiland’s lawyer, T. Edward Welbourn, wrote that he’s “thankful justice has prevailed.”
“I commend the Orange County district attorney’s office for conducting a thorough review of the facts and deciding to dismiss the case against Justin,” he added in a assertion to Variety.
Roiland famous on Twitter that he’s “determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name.”
— With information from The Associated Press
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