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. Guess what, you're wrong. But he is such an easy target as he really doesn't like to hold ill feelings towards people and moves on. And now he's going to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here's to moving forward, healing, and celebrating anime!" I doubt that their Law team would just let Gavin toss 3 coins to see if he stays or goes. Also did a hilarious parody with Emosh playing the role He Who Slays Sandwhiches. e: clarification from u/DevonAndChris - He sued for Defamation, Tortious Interference, Conspiracy for those, and Vicarious Liability for those. (Even if the funds are going to salvation Army, that facthas its own numerous issues. There's Patreon money to be made by 1:1 adapting those Dirk comics into light novels (after making all the names Japanese). It can be verbal. If you had a bad experience or don't like him, fine, you can say that or share it. I hold no ill will against Lyumia nor do I have any right to challenge there character, but that is one of a number of people I think we're on a boat of misunderstanding where the stances are. Basically, this isn't about driving a sexual predator or bad employee out of the industry but more like they hate the guy. Ty Beard said Iago and Igor (and also Renfield) lawsuits will be coming soon. It's also naive to think that only a criminalconvictions would make it gosepl,as there are notable cases were people who had committed crimes are not convicted. Another thing you can do is DM or email Ty Beard or Nick Rekieta (who passes info to the firm) whenever any of the KickVic side starts harassing people anywhere you see. CommanderFebruary 22, 2019 in General Discussion. That tweet Funimation did just added even more ammo to let these VAs do whatever they wanted to Vic. He's not on the website's list which an announcement was supposed to be made Tuesday. It's a very long video where he just nails perfectly. I also don't blame Funimation and Rooster Teeth for removing Vic even if it was due to the drama. In 1986, Vic graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, earning a B.S. Once a person is removed from roles, it is pretty easy as the community is quick to label him a sexual predator ON ALLEGATIONS. Now the next important thing was the annoucement Todd Haberkorn is in a lawsuit against Jessie Pridemore accusing him of rape. Just some food for thought. 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. 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. I did learn something about faking a swatting. 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. They're still human, subject to human flaws and I find it foolish to idolize them. He also gets tattooed on a pretty regular basis. Victor Joseph "Vic" Mignogna is an American actor, voice actor, and musician best known for his anime and video game voice work. Trust me, I'm dying to know the dark secrets of these people because if that's Vic, I can only imagine the people who kept him around for 15 years is like. I think people are trying to fire Ty Beard over that single post for "Intimidation." Iwas explicitly explaininghow you arguments are misleading and attempting to downplay the whole debacle,and how it's disingenuous to say thethings you did like how sexual harassment is a loose term. I don't care if he's innocent or not, but I have to give him mad respect on how he handled this compared to most others mainly involved in the matter. Now let's see on things I do need to respond to on your post. To go even further, the equality act of 2010 has a passage about sexual harassment, which includes: indecent or suggestive remarks, unwanted touching, and of course sexual demands and favors. And I will do it. Nobody liked him and the Broly movie was done and over so they had no reason to keep him on if people all hated him. Obviously those men are not the whole of the USA democratic party or the people who support them, but the comment's you can see followers creating a strawman out of that interaction. This more likely is them targeting Monica Rial over Ron. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Why would he act differently towards them and in a way that it'd come off creepy when they grew older? They were the ones who made a very falsified article which started giving Vic very, very bad publicity. The exec who made the investigation is probably getting fired. RIGHT!? Ron Toye - This : ) is : ) Monica : ) Rial's : ) fiance : ) who : ) has : ) been : ) white : ) knighting : ) her : ) during : ) this : ) whole : ) situation : ) and : ) acts : ) tough : ) but : ) is : ) kind : ) of : ) a : ) pussy : ). Now for the VAs and possibly people linked or tied to these VAs. Any allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or most disturbingly, pedophilia are COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY FALSE, he tweeted. Is Vic back on? Taking it to court means their investigation will become public information which would shed the light on what is true and what are lies. -Marzgirl did XXX: This is from how so many people blame Marzgirl from all the actions in this "war?" A lot of the stories people said "I didn't think it was wrong at the time" which should raise eyebrows. This is what the court cases are about. There's no proof or hard evidence so you'd want to keep this under wraps. Based in Tokyo, Jack has been writing about Japanese pop culture for six years now, and loves cosplaying any time he gets a chance. Funimation's first investigation on the matter was inconclusive. If Geekdom is a part of this, you'd have to ask someone who even knows the guy as I barely looked at him. In large part because Mignogna's legal team were absolute clown shoes. someone can point me to covering the allegations? 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. 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. Oh I miss the old days where I'd be was more aggressive and more into this stuff. The best option is for people to settle and Vic get some roles in RT and Funimation and the companies move on. MORE: The Longest Running Video Game Voice Acting Roles, Source: AnimeNewsNetwork, Texas Supreme Court. "The opposite side" and whatever they have done still doesn't negate the initial problem. (I do need to make sure to account for valid #KickVic information that at least can still be uphold as at least accountabledon't even get me started on that io9 article). It's not a discussion that will benefit anyone by being had now when emotions are flaring from parasocial bonfires and information seems to be coming out to add fuel to that fire. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. This also happened years ago probably when his ego was the highest so perhaps he had a warped mindset. And swatting is just awful no matter who is doing it. Only thing I really found was inappropriate kissingwithout consent. Beard Harris's targets most likely are Funimation, ANN, Monica Rial, and Chris Sabat. Vic Mignogna was not fired for cheating on his wife. It's hard to say if Marzgurl had a group tamper with pictures she found to have ANN post or ANN themselves did it but they just grabbed random pics where girls looked uncomfortable, blurred out their face and made a claim despite the pics being from fans who had an enjoyable experience. Hanleia made a Tweet complaining about how Vic hates Gays for not signing her Yaoi fanart which blew up and people started talking. It happened so long ago there was now no proof he didn't do it so he lost. Personally, I think the fact that a lot of the people in the investigation hate the guy and wanted him gone on top of PR was the reason. He came to a local convention in like 2008 I think and I heard the horror stories even back then. "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. To quote the Wikipedia article (if that doesn't illustrate how dismissive the claim that sexual harassment is a "loose term" is, I'm not sure what will) the term sexual harassment can go as far back as 1973 in a report called "Saturn's Rings" by Mary Rowe, and allegedly goes back even farther than that. Mignogna claimed his innocence in the face of these charges, and pursued legal action against Funimation, Monica Rial, and Jamie Marchi (both starring in Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt) along with Rial's fianc, for defamation, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy. But if you challenge the validity of what someone is saying or point out their flawed logic, they often have a hard time retorting or just look foolish. Based on what you see the only logical thing to think is that "This is an apple" as there's nothing to disprove that it's not. Don't engage an eventthat requires you to be in close proximity to minors /when you don't know what's appropriate or professionalbehavior/. I'm pretty sure if there was proof of these allegations, someone would have found it by now. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. Japanese women's names often end with "ko" ( - child) so the name Yusagi Aneko does sound like a woman's name. This started to make fans skeptical on what was the truth which people started wanting evidence. By the way, here's a great deconstruction of the letter: I've been hearing stories about him for YEARS. 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. Do I believe that? They don't like Vic, they wanted him out, that didn't happen. So I've had several threats and "requests" for my address from quite a few of Vic's defenders on both Facebook and Twitter. Pasted as rich text. Kiwi Farms (KF) - The stalkers of the Internet who will dox people to figure out who they are and how they are involved in whatever forum post they make. I'll at least give you some relief that many of the allegations used tactics in which in a public mass work in favor of people, but are complete garbage and useless in court. Usually court cases last yearsand they're settled out of court. Except, that sexual harassment doesn't just mean groping or assault. This became quite the web which could have been halted or at least slowly fumed out but oh no the VAs wanted more of this and began speaking out and saying things they probably shouldn't have. Saying otherwise is misleading and tries to obfuscate the existing facts and accounts of people who have been made uncomfortable or witnessed the events. I think Todd is suing simply due to her spreading this around and it affecting his work ethic (which he also had a false allegation with hair pulling earlier). The wording of this post made me think Vic was suing RT. Almost everyone is telling him to just admit he was wrong with take the L posts. Pieces of info began to surface which questioned the credibility of said actions. Lol so after all this time, he basically came back and lost even harder. I think Monica and Chris (especially Chris) used their connections to convince all of those cons that Vic was a sexual predator to cancel all of those bookings. The movement eventually branched out to include all who wanted due process for the guy due to how the VAs and Marzgurl were acting online. We don't know. The more important news is that Ron Toyenow has a lawyer apparently. The tl;dr version of this is that the most likely scenario is that Monica (voice of Bulma) and Jamie (voice of Goku) are going to be fired from Funimation. 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. He knew the consequences of that stuff as well and danced on that line quite often. nnn he is going to come to my local Planet Comicon soon. 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. I get it, I do. We do know Vic Mignonia was fired from Funimation due to sexual harassment. While IStandWithVic is an overall righteous movement the butting heads has made people start being more spiteful and going and talking about the side characters more. https://www.resetera.com/threads/acnimation-cut-ties.94896/page-32#post-17794781. It's a lot of spoken very hard to credit word vs cold hard evidence and facts taken. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Voice actor Vic Mignogna, known for his roles in Fullmetal Alchemist and Dragon Ball Z, is suing Funimation over sexual harassment allegations. Took a look at hero hei's uploads before watching that vid, saw some SJW ATTACK MY HERO kind of crap(among other typical animu degenerate nonsense)and yeah hard pass dude. Additional Notes: Until Rekieta joined the fray, he was the KickVic number one target. He'll definitely change how he handles stuff after this. -Nothing so far has been filed on the Vic case, -The papers have been filed for the case (I misheard this), -Ty Beard's lawfirm is also representing Todd Haberkorn as well. It's the prisoner's dilemma and I'd put money down that at least someone in this mess is down for ruining Vic's career for their own personal gain. ------------------------------------------------------------------. These guy was very aggressive but just shut up pretty early on. You don't have to be a bias man, like myself, willing to make some usually extreme claims to believe in a man's innocence. Lost Pause - For better or worse, this eccentric Youtuber covers news on the Vic situation once in a great while. Not A Bug - A convention insider who passes along info and seems to know quite a bit of info about Shane. You can donate using the GoFundMe down below: The next best thing is to send emails to cons saying you want to see Vic back at the con and you will fully support it. Ty Beard is a big nerd. Before the Court is Defendant Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC's ("PRA") Motion to Compel Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC ("Rooster Teeth") to Comply with FED. We've just been waiting for nearly 3 years for the appeals court to issue a verdict. Thinking back on it now, I really can't believe how fucking hard we partied for a bunch of anime nerds. When he's not working, Jack is playing PlayStation 5, working on his sci-fi novel at a cafe, or planning his next backpacking trip. Interpret that however you want. 1). The Goku voice is in hot water due to the tweet deletion but they could be fine even though they shouldn't. Remember how people said "Monty wanted Vic to be Qrow?" Very interesting and totally not related. Ty and Rekieta warned them numerous times. Han Leia was still PO'd about the whole not signing her Fanart. And fornoneany of you who are wanted to unsubscribe who were subscribed to Funimation's whatever it's called subscription, their unsubscribe button should be working. Something went wrong. Interesting enough, he may have been more involved with this than we originally thought which some assume he is Igor even. Yes, Vic's VA career will probably be ruined, to be honest I'm not too heartbroken about it. You misinterpret why this is done. Vic does or did something to make her absolutely hate him. On one hand, we have a guy who has performed multiple actions of sexual misconduct. Vic's Lawyer Firm has revealed themselves as Beard Harris Bullock Hughes. Upload or insert images from URL. Qrows VA was a sexual harasser, was fired from RT and Funimation after allegations came out, decided to fire a frivolous lawsuit in an attempt to silence/punish his victims and the people supporting them, it failed spectacularly. The Black Eyed Peas, stealing Gavin's shorts, RWBY Vol. The voice actor quickly denied any allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault. I don't think firing Vic really hurt Funimation. She has harassed and threatened to call law enforcement to people Tweeting at her asking for proof. Certain key members have strong ties with the corporations so in which if they threaten to leave the companies may have a bit of financial struggle or meeting their deadlines due to using the discounted recording studio (we'll talk about that guy later). There's no way this person I barely know could ever do something like this!". Been rumors about him for a long time, im suprised he chose to respond. Season 3 Episode 1 - Fiona Nova is back to host a special episode of This Just Internet for Black History month, but this time things are a little different. The result is that Vic has been effectively frozen out of . I don't know why but KickVic really just hates this guy for some reason. Your link has been automatically embedded. Look, I know you and others have thrown sexual misconduct into this and that Vic is going to be labeled for this, but law isn't simply there's a law and therefore somebody is going to be punishable for it. This started the mob as people began fighting for attention or bragging rights which caught the attention of ANN who made an article to direct heat off of them. 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