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Yeah, yeah the person calling them out could be lying, but I highly doubt that because I'm sure their father would be willing to testify. 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. What My Digging Has Gotten Me to Conclude. Voice-over actor Vic Mignogna lost his appeal in a defamation suit he filed that has put a spotlight on sexual harassment in the Japanese animation industry. Just how? I don't think that's a bad mindset as I myself at the start of this just figured this was just another sexual harasser into the pile. I guess you could say he's playing his cards a bit too carefully saying the right things butthis is the guy who randomly hugged fans without thinking about the consequences. But for those who want the tl;dr version: An ANN article gets posted which the girl calls out about her pic getting used without her permission in a situation that happened entirely different. Jamie Marchi - Monica Rial's best friend and VA who contracts often with Funimation like the two above. In large part because Mignogna's legal team were absolute clown shoes. It's really simple. But let's jump to the present. The response that followed these accusations was swift: Funimation and Rooster Teeth both cut ties with him following investigations, and all but one of the conventions who had originally booked him to be a guest at their convention went ahead and canceled his invitation to their events. Reading up on the wiki of Shield Hero is pretty cringey. I simple used it for the hypocrisy of Funimation with it. That should have been the end of the story, but it gets interesting. It also happened to underaged girls or girls that looked underaged. They get replaced pretty much instantly so nobody cares. Amid a three-year legal battle, Mignogna has slowly returned to the industry. However, in 2019 a series of accusations of sexual harassment made by voice actresses in the anime industry and convention attendees against Mignogna came to a breaking point, causing Funimation, Sony Pictures, and Rooster Teeth to all break their relationships with him. Nothing illegal and nothing worthy of being fired. I love how the narrative of him has changed from a Blackface lawyer to leaking information on his case to only pretending to be a lawyer. -"Hugging is now illegal" - Many allegations were Vic hugging people that made them uncomfortable. What if I told you that images of proof were photoshopped to work worse than they were? He knew the consequences of that stuff as well and danced on that line quite often. The Persistence says at one point "this is the democratic party" while the men are swearing and dancing away. Looking at it through this lens, you're not saying the people are lying, but more importantly you aren't condemning anyone for their actions which both movements are slowly getting fogged up on. This is IF the accusations are true. We also got the whole fake SWATing and the Pensacon Bomb threat raising even more suspicion. 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. Then these VAs were harassing and lashing out at fans and skeptics which got people really involved and raised that GoFundMe like crazy. While this was going on, Vic kind of was a broken man. These sound exactly like my kind of people. It's really cut and dry that if you want to look at it you can but there's a plothole in Pridemore's allegation which is explained in Todd's story. They are using every dirty trick in the book so honestly, it's pretty much not worth giving these people any attention. UnrealNetwork - I don't personally care for this guy but another Youtuber covering the news so when any of the others take a holiday he often ends up covering any news that pops up. Interesting enough, Monica Rial attended this con though I don't think that's enough to assume a connection between the two. holy shit this still was going on? I don't really have much of an update but there are a couple things that came up: Fear the Beard: Monica Rial's husband (or is it boyfriend as I haven't kept track), Ron Toye was talking smack about Vic and the lawyers and one of the funniest things happened. PULL is probably the worst culprits of this. There's the theory people threatened to walk away if he wasn't fired but rumor mills are rumor mills. You don't think Bubba Fest or Kameha Con is not going to send those? SGSAMI - Another Youtuber covering this who might be in it for the clicks and a bit more bias but does cover things others might not be willing to do. And if I heard right, Sony had involvement meaning they'll have to be involved in the lawsuit. I would have to say anyone who knew the title and thus could research what it was about and still did it is a piece of shit. I gave Cosby and Weinstein a chance and when the truth looked very apparent, of course I assumed they were guilty of it afterwards. Did Vic interact and talk to these people afterwards like if they were on good terms? We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. That's just my advice. Usually the one considered who started it all since ANN got the idea from her outbursts. Home Videos Shorts Live Playlists Community Store Channels About Recently uploaded Popular 1:56 Secret Gus -. Additional Notes: He wrote a warhammer 40k book and is a black belt in Beard-fu. Edit: So I looked at the allegations andI feel bad for anyone who was, but they are kind of amusing. Im not gonna pretend I dont enjoy some stuff thats probably pretty problematic but that plot summary is something else entirely. We actually just recieved some nice sweet additional evidence for Funimation performing wrongful termination very recently. The Rooster Teeth Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. He is no saint. That tweet blew up like crazy. Ty Beard, the head of Vic's law firm, responded to the tweet with "We will be in touch." Utilizing Texas' anti-SLAPP law, the defendants got the lawsuit tossed. I hope both of these guys receive a fair and just trial in which the truth triumphs all. . I really recommend that stream if nothing else on this matter. She was the one who came up with the popular hashtag and is known for Tweeting and spreading random allegations people posted despite never having a sexual assault story of her own. When the hell did Fantasy genre anime get so rapey? Basically, this pic of Nick Rekieta dressed up as his friend (which his friend even talked about before) got Nick called a Black Face Lawyer and they just kept riding that train after they couldn't prove he wasn't a lawyer. If I were in Funimation's shoes, the last thing I'd want to do is take this to court and settle it beforehand paying whatever compromise possible. After everything I've seen gone down, I'm willing to put money that this is the narrative. I've hated this fuck for years and not just for being a really shitty voice actor. Here ya go OP. ----------------------------------------------------. And the number of names involved in this conspiracy and witch hunt have begun to grow. His lawyer basically admitted in court that Mr Mignogna could not sue for that. No 20k dumped into a lawsuit to lose 300-400k for VAs, no drunken lawyer reading everything you said over the Internet, and no bloody storm of Twitter users storming you with questions about evidence to see how real this is. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If anyone wants to learn more about that I recommend watching this video: Let's just start to why this is important. Hasn't been the friendliest about it. Basically, this isn't about driving a sexual predator or bad employee out of the industry but more like they hate the guy. I really recommend staying out and ignoring this stuff because it's gotten really, really toxic. People tease the silly logic behind that, -"I'm calling homeland security" - Another Monica post in which she threatened to call homeland security on a Vic fan. (Even if the funds are going to salvation Army, that facthas its own numerous issues. He is not a sexual predator and I do think he's gotten into trouble before and maybe even had to talk to people about it. I do not believe Shane did these acts nor should we assume so. Mignogna appealed the decision. She is the VA for 4th Bulma and has quite a number of ties in the Funimation household and possibly Rooster Teeth. P. 45 Subpoena, filed October 26, 2021 (Dkt. Funimation's first investigation on the matter was inconclusive. Comments from Chris Sabat and Funimation employees. Clownfish TV - If there was one person in the entire situation that was neutral, it would be this guy. Then the VAs did the dumbest thing possible: they talked about it on the Internet. She is best known for being very aggressive towards fans and Vic making the famous "Head and Balls" statement which is often quoted for how these VAs are treating fans. Additional Notes: The most common person believed to be Iago. There's Patreon money to be made by 1:1 adapting those Dirk comics into light novels (after making all the names Japanese). If you are going to twist my words or try to say this is all an act and he's a terrible person, just leave. On one hand, we have a guy who has performed multiple actions of sexual misconduct. And you can look back and see that if they don't like you, these VAs will have their way (which is likely why many are doing as little needed in this to not get the boot). And don't worry, they'll all be turning on each other very soon. However, its awfully clear that his actions aren't ambiguous at all, as there's even photo evidence of him kissing 14 year old girl on the cheek and him putting his hand on her waist under her hoodie for a photo. Unhappy, but fine. Beard Harris's targets most likely are Funimation, ANN, Monica Rial, and Chris Sabat. This will not affect the creative content of RWBY.. And you're trying to take away the credibility of the points I made by suggesting that I'm part of this opposition and backtracking and stating that you wrote it to be purposefully convoluted or that you didn't say that he was fired for cheating on his wife, even though: Iwill say that cheating on your wife isn't something you should be fired for. Almost everyone is telling him to just admit he was wrong with take the L posts. I can't deny that I wrote the topic or post but if I told my friend he was a jackass then they'd have a hard time proving that. Lord knows what this woman has against him. This on top of the discovery of a girl coming out and saying a pic in the ANN article was used without her permission and that she had a great experience started to have people questioning. Beard Harris's targets most likely are Funimation, ANN, Monica Rial, and Chris Sabat. 7 days ago. This guest was one of the headliners at this con, and he was furious about it because there were more people there to see this other guest than there were to see him. So why on earth are people acting this irrational? Of course based on the information you know you'd jump to the victims' side because they are the people hurt in this situation. This court case prevents anyone else from being in that position because trust me, someone would have been. Clear editor. I personally have attended some with such disses. . Jessie Pridemore and other people are trying to get attention from this by making fake allegations or faking anything. The affluenza case where a drunk driving incident killed four people, and the evidence made it clear that the boy committed the crime, but he wasn't convicted for it. Girls, boys, men, women, parents, victims, lawyers, fans, nonfans. I'm uncomfortable condemning everyone involved with Shield Hero completely because some of the people working on it (the dub at least) are factually good people, and I think condemning someone for doing a voice in a cartoon is a bit much, especially when anime roles pay peanuts so they take what they can get (I mean, Carrie Keranen and Dan Green moonlighted as hentai VAs for a time, lol) but I will say,it's definitely a humongous red flag to be concerned about for those into it. He uses a troll account to stir up trouble and sell patches to KickVic which he even managed to get around the Youtubers who tried to blow his cover. 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). It's not so much the cause but the shit they are willing to go to for who knows what. Im not. Especially in a place where a lot of people who hate him are going to be around. Possibly some sexual misconducts. Following the explosion of sexual harrasment allegations in early 2019, Rooster Teeth terminated their relationship with Vic Mignogna (Qrow in RWBY), though (unlike Funimation) they avoided being caught up in the resulting legal action. What if I told you that there are leaked DMs (and a Facebook page) that people of these allegations should alter these images to make Vic look worse? I'm saying they should criticized and/or condemned for it, but condemning someone for working on such an offensive title is not "bizarre". We do, however, have evidence of Anime News Network performing slander on Vic Mignonia. I have no influence in this conversation, I hold no power over Vic's fate. He interacted the most with these kinds of people. Prepare for one of the most ridiculous and interesting things you will see in a while. It's not like I am advocating these people are burned at the stake. When I said no, she was visibly relieved, and said to me, "That's good. How fitting it'd be Ozpin to screw this up. Him trying to claw back any scrap of credibility back so he could resume being anime famous is on brand. Press J to jump to the feed. It's very likely they've been trying to get rid of him for years. He just says it like he sees it and gives thoughts. Also believe he's a #KickVic on Twitter. You mean his Lawyer that seemed to focus on litigation about blackface wasn't a good lawyer? Please let private emails from Funimation be leaked early. Editing your post works fine, thank you. Not really. and being surprised that the people who spam that to them get blocked why does that surprise you? Basically Sean calls Nick a coward and then Nick basically says to come onto a stream with him. newsletter, The Mandalorians Gorian Shard is a great Christmas tree-shaped character and a terrible pirate, Paizo bans AI-created art and content in its RPGs, including community-created work, Dune spinoff series shuts down, loses its director and star, How to get Deterministic Chaos in Destiny 2: Lightfall, How to open the gold arm door in Sons of the Forest, Dune-meets-Destiny action game Atlas Fallen gets May release. She is deceptive enough to produce crocodile tears in order to fool people into taking her side.". Personally, I hope the damages are minimal and Vic at least has a career to go back to as it certainly won't be with Rooster Teeth or Funimation. I imagine that will be messy. If you had an opinion before and it remained unchanged, good for you. An additional $287,500 USD in contingent fees may be required of him if he continues to appeal the case, leading to a possible grand total of $525,542 USD if he is not found innocent. I don't want to ruin this with my opinions so I'll end it there. So with Funimation letting Vic go over sexual harassment, I'm sure Monica Rial let Rooster Teeth know that Funimation found Vic guilty of sexual harassment and warned them that if they didn't let Vic go, it could end up driving Rooster Teeth into the ground which I think they are struggle a bit with finances. "My heart weeps for anyone who endures a violation of this kind, so to be accused of harming others in this way.I have no words," he posted on Twitter. Shane Holmberg - A once con owner who was fired from A-kon (I think he still does one) who pretty much was a nobody until he got the beat down of a lifetime against Nick Rekieta on a livestream which fans of the show have made fun of and joked about him since. He tends to do a livestream every few days. "My experience is minor in comparison to many others; however, having realized this wasn't an isolated incident, I felt compelled to share," Marchi wrote on Twitter in February 2019. I still stand by RT's choice of letting him go. We want to create an inspiring environment for our members and have defined a set of guidelines. On day one of the con, a young woman approached me and casually asked if I was going to Vic's panel. How? They concludedit was a goose chase and not relevant at all even if it was true. She is one of the most vocal and dirtiest player in all of this that we know of. Recent threadmarks Rooster Teeth announcement FUNimation cuts ties Summary of the case so far Comments from Chris Sabat and Funimation employees Google Drive with all relevant documents New co-counsel picked up 9/6/2019 transcript Entire lawsuit dismissed What if I told you that all of these allegations have eerily similar stories with vague information that cannot be proven or disproved? Now people are in the same quicksand they put Vic in all because they just couldn't shut up and avoid that sweet, sweet attention and gain. Maybe you'll see something new when you consider your stance on the topic with it in mind. It's not onlyunprofessional to make such remarks, to young womenno less in an environment where they're supposed to feel safe. 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. It's a lot of spoken very hard to credit word vs cold hard evidence and facts taken. I do want to see some of these sources from fans that provide proof of bias in these accusations, if you have any links, as they certainly help clear the point you're trying to make. Those last three words are very important. I believe in standing by victims, but apparently that's only for "SJW sheep". I don't know. Vic's Lawyer Firm has revealed themselves as Beard Harris Bullock Hughes. They use every underhanded tactic to try and ruin people from doxxing to death threats. You call the cases "amusing,' which gives an impression of downplaying the allegations and there even feels like this sense of hoping he is innocent (which admittedly is a bit understandable as no one wants to see a celebrity they like turn out to be an asshole), but to me this sort of exemplifies the whole issue in how sexual harassment and general mistreatment towards women from men of power gets overlooked and excused in favor of defending society's little image of said man that's been built up. He's actually doing fantastic given he's a dead man, but still hasVA roles and a number of cons who invited him. Ironically one of the most reliable sources to get infoeven if it gets a bit disturbing. Fans shouldn't pretend they know vic, especially when his actions are showing him in a different light. I think he even mentioned sponsoring for something which might've been to have Vic. No really, I was as skeptical and giving in as all the others but the more I learned the more doubts. He was fired for sexual misconduct. For Many #MeToo Accusers, Speaking Up Is Just The Beginning. If within two weeks after Kameha Con every one of those cons that removed Vic invite him back give or take one or two, I will open a COGA suggestion box on anything and pick a random one from it. Vic Mignogna has been invited back to Kameha Con. I am not a lawyer and I a. The announcement received some backlash, but the voice actor continues to have a staunch fan following. 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