justin roilandco-creator and voice actor of the acclaimed animated series rick and morty, will stop being involved in this television project. The cause of this is the recent discovery that Roiland faces two charges of domestic violence from three years ago in California.
This revelation came from NBCNews in the middle of last month. And from there other complaints emerged on social networks about the inappropriate behavior of the alleged aggressor. Therefore, Adult Swim —a channel that shelters rick and morty— It didn’t take long for him to cut all professional ties with the defendant, who apparently had been causing problems within the study for some time.
A new article from The Hollywood Reporterbased on the declaration of insidersprovides a recap of Justin Roiland’s reprehensible actions during his now-defunct participation in rick and morty.
On the one hand, emphasis is placed on the accusations of multiple women who allege they have received “lewd messages” from the actor and scriptwriter. A victim of those inappropriate comments with a sexual overtone would have been Allie Goertz, former editor of the magazine Mad. Likewise, another woman anonymously denounced on social networks that Roiland verbally insulted her when she was a minor; she told him to run away from home and become a sex slave.
However, the Emmy winner’s misconduct goes beyond the virtual.
“Roiland once paraded a high-profile porn star through the writers’ room at rick and morty“adds the medium. “He spoke openly of threesomes and was implicated in at least one case of alleged sexual harassment during the third season of the series.”
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That situation of sexual harassment during the production of rick and morty It would have been perpetrated against a channel employee, who received a “really creepy” message from Roiland, asking her to visit him at his home, according to testimonies collected by THR.
Cartoon Network, which owns Adult Swim, conducted an internal investigation in 2020 into Roiland’s inappropriate behavior in the workplace. However, it is unknown what resolution that investigation reached and what disciplinary actions were taken, if any.
On the other hand, some sources indicated to THR that Justin Roiland had not been “a significant creative presence” in the series that credit him as a creator for a long time, outside of lending his voice to some characters. It is even said that he had several seasons of rick and morty without crossing words with Dan Harmon, co-creator of the program. Reportedly, starting in season two, Roiland began to refrain from serious work in the writers’ room.
By season three, he was “surly, petulant, uncommunicative and grumpy, like he always wishes he was doing something else,” according to a reporter. insider, and according to another source, Roiland encouraged the interruption of the work of the scriptwriters through childish games or hindered brainstorming with nonsensical proposals. Eventually, he would no longer even be part of those meetings, to the liking of his collaborators. Testimonials affirm that the work became much easier when he was not in the room.
With a career in complete decline, Justin Roiland is also awaiting trial on domestic violence charges; crime that he would have perpetrated against a woman he was dating at the beginning of 2020. An upcoming preliminary hearing will take place in April of this year.
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