Domestic violence fees towards Justin Roiland, co-creator of the Cartoon Network grownup sequence Rick and Morty, have been dropped on Wednesday in California.
“We dismissed the charges today as a result of having insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” a spokesperson for Orange County District Attorney’s workplace instructed the NY Post.
The Post has contacted reps for Roiland, 43, for remark. A spokesperson for Warner Media, Cartoon Network’s guardian firm, declined to touch upon Wednesday.
The community minimize ties with Roiland in January after news of the fees broke.
“I have always known that these claims were false — and I never had any doubt that this day would come,” Roiland stated on Wednesday in an announcement posted to Twitter.
“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.
“Most of all, I’m disappointed that so many people were so quick to judge without knowing the facts, based solely on the word of an embittered ex trying to bypass due process and have me ‘cancelled’.
“That it may have succeeded, even partially, is shameful. However, now that the legal case has ended, I‘m determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name.”
The two-time Emmy winner, who voiced the present’s eponymous characters Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, was charged in 2020 with one felony rely of home battery with corporal harm and one felony rely of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit.
The fees stemmed from an alleged assault on an unidentified girl that Roiland was stated to be courting in early 2020. He had pleaded not responsible.
Roiland was launched on a $US50,000 bond in August 2020 earlier than being arraigned in October of that yr, data present.
NBC News first reported the fees in January.
Rick and Morty debuted in 2013, and its sixth season aired final yr.
Adult Swim introduced in January it had minimize ties with Roiland, assuring followers that “the talented and dedicated crew” have been engaged on season seven of the animated sitcom.
Roiland has additionally launched the Hulu packages Solar Opposites and Koala Man along with releasing the online game High on Life and promoting NFT collections and art work.
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