A loss at the TCPA stage means that Vic is required to pay attorney fees and mandatory sanctions to the defendants. I feel like there was a gossip circle in which these people talked trash about everyone who wasn't in the circle. It would not have stopped there. This is one of the most corrupted journalist sites that covers this stuff. The Supreme Court of Texas has denied formerly popular voice . More evidence pops up, Pensacon threatens to arrest any #StandUpForVic supporters who visit the con, a fake swatting post from someone on the Funimation investigation, VAs saying stupid things they'll regret later, and then a lawyer/youtuber creates a GoFundMe to set Vic up for a lawsuit. You are using an out of date browser. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Your link has been automatically embedded. RELATED: Best Anime Shows On Funimation (December 2022). They just randomly found pictures and used them in an article about some Vic Mignonia heat. He nails everything perfectly. Oh I miss the old days where I'd be was more aggressive and more into this stuff. You guys should have been getting a lawyer to prep a case for this. MORE: The Longest Running Video Game Voice Acting Roles, Source: AnimeNewsNetwork, Texas Supreme Court. The voice actor quickly denied any allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault. Is it because her really close friend jewwario sexually assaulted people and she is mortified to jump at any sight this happen? I also glanced over on other sites such as their twitter and it doesn't seem like too many people are hung up on it on Reddit or their Twitter. Ty Beard said Iago and Igor (and also Renfield) lawsuits will be coming soon. If you want to feel pity for someone, I would probably say Marxgirl (I think that's the right spelling). And don't worry, it's believed she is of age. Im not gonna pretend I dont enjoy some stuff thats probably pretty problematic but that plot summary is something else entirely. A subreddit for content regarding Rooster Teeth Productions, including Red vs. Blue, Achievement Hunter, RWBY, Rooster Teeth Podcast, etc. The process of gathering evidence that would qualify(which already in itself is hard), and would outright be ignored unless the victim literally looked like they wereviolently assaulted,despite the accounts from staff and other voice actors. He is also a gamer, hiker, wannabe barista, and proud herbivore. She is one of the most vocal and dirtiest player in all of this that we know of. I intentionally wrote it in this confusing very hard to like way with the intent you don't believe me. They concludedit was a goose chase and not relevant at all even if it was true. He came to a local convention in like 2008 I think and I heard the horror stories even back then. If you had elaborated on that it becomes difficult to determine the difference between a bit of banter/compliments or harassment, I would have conceded. People responsible for fabrications and such, yeah that garbage is NOT okay and really screw those guys., we should be able to agree on that. RIGHT!? The Texas courts have since denied his appeal three times, and he has been ordered to pay the defendants' legal fees of $238,042.42 USD. The information was released directly from the Supreme Court of Texas this past week. I do not believe Shane did these acts nor should we assume so. And for the inevitable "why didn't they come out sooner argument" that comes up, consider that the repercussions of admitting the fact you've been harassed or made uncomfortable by a man who has more standing than you might be more than intimidating, self esteemruining,and extremely nerve wracking when you have people that will support this man regardless of whether he's guilty or not and are even giving him money for it. Victor Joseph Mignogna (/ m n j n /); born August 27, 1962) is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Anyways, I can't tell you if it's true or not. If factual evidence is indeed brought into the court of law that Vic is sexually harassing someone in the terms of the court, then I will accept that with no question. This is heresay but from what someone who talked to Vic said that they basically hated him. Outlets like Anime News Network have also shared stories from many con-goers in a lengthy, detailed report on Mignognas alleged behavior. Somehow it's tied to blaming Vic. Remember how I said there was a group that controlled and pulled the strings of the industry? Having a questionable morality compass does not add up to sexual harassment. nnn he is going to come to my local Planet Comicon soon. Vic stayed professional through all of this which turned up for the better as he really does have nothing to lose and everything to gain due to this war. And if you're wondering if people are still mad at Funimation: People still are. People who do bad things, ESPECIALLY celebrities often don't seem like "the type" yet history as shown us that rarely does a person show their worst qualities in their public persona, and manipulative people know exactly how to hide these qualities from the public and lead people to believe they're not there(see Bill Cosby lol). Ironically one of the most reliable sources to get infoeven if it gets a bit disturbing. Pensacon - infamous con known for making bomb threats against Vic fans if they came to this con. Let's just say the farms have been very busy and found some interesting public stuff that's either a public criminal charge or just absolute embarrassing. You can place your bets they are saving their best cards (one of them is expecting anti-slap to be their legal defense), but what's more likely is that these people are quite guilty. Doesn't matter if it's true or not but these people didn't report it as most enjoyed whatever he did at the time. There is undeniable proof on that matter due to certain people saying certain things. If you look in the early posts in this thread you can see people do have issue with that. I would not be surprised if members of it had alternate accounts to make the threats of Kameha Con look real and scare people. I thought this might be an exaggeration so I went to the wiki and I can't fucking believe it's real. He is one of the nicest and most sincere people I've ever seen which some of it is acting but for every negative thing I found, there were 100 positive things people said from all groups and ages. They really could not make him bow down to them or push them around since he was a big named VA and really high up. He gave additional details on the matter and I feel his story matches more closely to the truth. There is PLENTY of blame to go around and boycotts I would happily support. We can't assume anything but when they broke off (maybe Rial broke it off with him) and Rial really threw flames into this circle. How? Looked at it on Amazon.co.jp and you're right. This is not sexual assault stuff or grouping but more of the crazy over the top things. Dude one of his little followers claimed that Roosterteeth would fall for them firing Vic.. Account of him fondling a 16 year old fan on the butt, And another of him being very 'handsy', to put it in the author's words, with a 14 year old, Refusing to apologize for offending Jewish people by comparing a loud con to a Holocaust, but he does and has signed non-homoromantic/homosexual fanart before, including romantic stuff. These dates back for a couple years if you're interested. So it was hardly a surprise that he was doing the same to coworkers, too. She has harassed and threatened to call law enforcement to people Tweeting at her asking for proof. If he's inoscent, great. He's covered the persecution side of the matter. They also managed to find the real names of the people who made the allegations and oddly enough they lied about these people's occupations as well. Yeah, many of these stories about him are not new. The production company announced that it has removed Mignogna from the cast of RWBY, Rooster Teeths popular, anime-style web show, as sexual harassment claims against the actor continue to grow. It's funny, because your own analogy doesn't work. That year, Mignogna sued his former employer, two women who accused him of inappropriate behavior and the partner of one of the women. In regards to the original allegations, I always said we didnt have any concrete proof, but I wouldnt have been surprised if any of it was true. His legal defence at the beginning of all of this was terrible. How does this workironically Vic puts it best: It often, but not always, starts with social media where someone says something which is either a perverted truth or a lie. Most of them are just there to cause trouble even on both sides. Almost everyone is telling him to just admit he was wrong with take the L posts. Toy Bounty Hunters - This Youtuber ran conventions for 6 years in which he gives perspectives on this situation from his own standpoint. ). Dodged the question of if he thinks gay marriages should be legal by saying it should be up to voters. You'reright though, that evidence is not facts. Ty knows these people can't prove anything, they know they can't prove anything, we know they can't prove anything. Then when all these allegations popped up they just dropped him suddenly because of PR. They tend to cover some of this news and drama within the Dragon Ball community. Vic himself admitted to these things but nothing to be labeled as sexual harassment. People just wanted to be hateful on something on the internet (this is pretty common). We have enough on the table to speculate and create judgement. Do you want me to pull up court cases and new articles about those people? By the way, here's a great deconstruction of the letter: I've been hearing stories about him for YEARS. People, in the US your employer can fire you for wearing green fucking pants. That's just my advice. ReubenLangdon - Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry. Simple words whether they be false or true ruining guys would just come up more and more and train wreck more lives. He did seem a bit uncomfortably familiar with some of his female fans, but it didn't LOOK like they minded at the time, so I kind of just let that go. Michael Quinn, vice president of Rooster Teeth 's product and engineering, was arrested this week on November 18 under allegations of domestic violence against his wife. From what Im aware of through talking to industry peeps a lot of localization work, not just VA but also translation and editing, is often offered vaguely in a we want you on a thing, it has X number of episodes/lines/Japanese characters, well pay you this much sort of way, and they dont know what theyll be working on until after contracts are signed. The great irony in Vic being his own worst enemy. Definitely pre-MeToo movement. Just some food for thought. Press J to jump to the feed. I think the true irony here is that Funimation was willing to let Vic go due to the course of unprofessional actions, but we are seeing others doing very unprofessional actions which they as well should be accountable for. Marzgurl - Originally part of channel awesome and a close friend of Jewwario who was found out to be sexual assaulting people after he committed suicide. One name that was dropped was Johnny Young Bosch (I probably misspelled that horribly) in a discussion video I listened to. He was born August 27, 1962 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. That poor, poor dog. Nobody has any proof because nobody thought about it at the time. including a now legendary twitter thread of lawyers and enthusiasts mostly debating accounts with anime profile pics. They get replaced pretty much instantly so nobody cares. Key people in the movement who I can't believe I completely forgot about. This is where things get interesting. It's essentially Incel propaganda. All I was going off of was tweets which was just beating a dead horse further into the ground and building drama when you shouldn't. How, how are they going to win? These people hate him and wanted to warp the narrative in a way to get him out of it permanently which didn't happen. How? If Vic took it to court, funimationwouldn't be required to do anything as it's Vic's responsibility to prove that he was unlawfully fired on some kind of malicious defamation, sex, race, or gender discrimination. Please enter a valid email and try again. Rooster Teeth and Funimation said very little on the matter like a company should. I understand wanting to take an innocent until proven guilty approach but it does feel like, even if unintentional you seem somewhat biased yourself in how much benefit of the doubt you're giving vic here, a very troubling yet too common problem regarding men in power in regards to harassing women. There are also a number of videos on Youtube of him kissing underage girls without asking, easily located by searching "Vic Mignogna Kissed Me". Vic's Lawyer Firm has revealed themselves as Beard Harris Bullock Hughes. But he is such an easy target as he really doesn't like to hold ill feelings towards people and moves on. Why would he act differently towards them and in a way that it'd come off creepy when they grew older? Honestly the Valentines day cards are pretty innocent out of context. I'm not here to condemn anyone who sides against Vic. Note: This is going to be a LOOOOONG updated post to get everything critical to the story. What I found would probably blow you away. I've seen the leaked private messages though. They probably hate how he's an active Christian as well taking time to set up a worship group for people. Does that really matter? Vic's a D-Lister (F-Lister now?) Sadly, as they have that policy, there aren't many, if any, recordings, so for those without photographic memories it's impossible to confirm the veracity of such. Rooster Teeth - Would've been neutral if it weren't for certain VAs dragging them deeper into this mess. You know, I usually am a bit pessimistic so I'm going to be positive. The Rooster Teeth Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. I'll compile a few things and edit them into this post so OP can add them to the OP. That's not my call to make, but Vic made the wise choice and kept silent only speaking really safe responses. It also happened to underaged girls or girls that looked underaged. Some of his more well known roles include Edward Elric in Full Metal Alchemist, Tamaki Suoh in . Effective today, Vic Mignogna is no longer a part of the cast of RWBY and Rooster Teeth is ending all associations with Mignogna, Rooster Teeth shared in a blog post. I'll start with Vic. I'm not sure if the article is still up. Except, that sexual harassment doesn't just mean groping or assault. And now the war between the KickVic and the StandWithVic's (the ladder of which I haven;t seen Commander mention here a lot, would be funny though considering those seem quite vocal about it all on twitter quite a lot) Just stop. The only reason to even want to go to that step is if this investigation has factual and certain proof that indeed Vic had performed sexual harassment with little to no rebuttal towards it. Mignogna argued that, despite the longstanding rumors, there was some sort of conspiracy among these individuals to eliminate his career. I think you're conflating too many ideas that aren't even relevant to the discussion. Some of them might not even know they did it. An ugly twitter war. Monica Rial - This well known VA for her many roles often ends up being the one causing the most trouble. He loves being Goku so, so much so he might sell everyone out. I wish I was making this stuff up. So then this dude named Sean said Nick invited him on his Youtube show and he rejected which Nick said he was never welcomed. Basically Sean calls Nick a coward and then Nick basically says to come onto a stream with him. But since then, Mignogna has gone silent on social media and canceled major appearances. And people can totally remember some random encounter they were comfortable 6 years ago with which now somehow makes them uncomfortable. Trust me, gossip groups warp your mind which is where a lot of these allegations come from. Very interesting and totally not related. I also did my digging and oddly enough someone willing to testify against Vic worked at io9 as well. Rooster Teeth has ended its professional relationship with Vic Mignogna, whose voice work on anime like Fullmetal Alchemist and the recent Dragon Ball Super: Broly has won him widespread. It's better they attack a cool headed person than someone more likely to go off and spam. Rooster Teeth sends a Cease and Desist to a RWBY YouTuber, also claiming to take further legal action if their demands are not met. This isthe kind of conversation that will be best served in a few years, once the case is over, the facts are laid out and untwisted and a clear, supported narrative can be put forward. Vic I feel does similar stuff which over 20 years you can certainly imagine quite a number of people wouldn't really be pleased with an experience like that. Vic's career is permanently damaged and there's no full recovery from that. He is currently pursuing legal action to clear his name. Parts, but I couldn't get a whole narrative. Yeah the harassment isnt surprising at all. Chris Sabat - He's been really quiet but according to insiders he's been messaging and giving orders/blackmailing people to fit his agenda. Vic really has little to lose and much to gain at this point so we'll likely be seeing a court case. https://www.resetera.com/threads/acnimation-cut-ties.94896/page-32#post-17794781. Other animation roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran . What if I told you that images of proof were photoshopped to work worse than they were? People said some really stupid things and like most companies in the world you should be accountable for those things. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, keeping the otaku world accessible for everyone. It's highly likely he played the "I'm going to quit if you don't fire him" card which finally pushed Funimation over the edge to let him go. Start a new thread to share your experiences with like-minded people. Vic was a big fixture in the Florida anime con scene in the early 2000s, and there were definitely some uncomfortable situations in hotel hot tubs back in the day. Both of them said they felt compelled to speak up after learning they were not the only ones. So I've had several threats and "requests" for my address from quite a few of Vic's defenders on both Facebook and Twitter. I don't know if he mellowed out afterwards but we don't know just like all these allegations. This is the third time anime voice actor Vic Mignogna has appealed his court case after accusations of sexual harassment began in 2019. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Additional Notes: Managed to accidentally forget to add Vic's name to all of their content (which can only be done by asking companies like apple to remove it) andbroke their subscription button twice due to "technical difficulties". Also tries to stay in touch with fans by doing Unlock and attending cons who will have him. Hope his ass finally gets kicked out of the industry. Deep Humor - A very, very underrated Youtuber who instead of just covering the news cracks down the facts KickVic uses to justify the removal of Vic such as the 2% of allegations are false story used. In stark contrast to her initial appearance, Malty is sinister, deceitful, and a compulsive liar. Most lawfirms have like 10 guys at most looking and finding this info but IStandWithVic is at least a thousand strong hunting this info down. Hasn't been the friendliest about it. His personality at that time could make people uncomfortable. 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