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Major news, I love to know the (true) backstory.

Shite, ok was checking all the feeds now :oops:

Adult Swim Cuts Ties With Justin Roiland Following Domestic Abuse Charges

'Rick and Morty' is set to continue, with Roiland's voice roles to be recast, sources say.

Adult Swim has cut ties with Justin Roiland in the wake of the news that the Rick and Morty co-creator was charged with felony domestic abuse in Orange County.

“Adult Swim has ended its association with Justin Roiland,” Adult Swim/Cartoon Network/Boomerang senior vp communications Marie Moore said in a statement Tuesday.

Adult Swim distributes Rick and Morty, the hit adult animation comedy that Roiland co-created and executive produced, and for which he voiced both the titular Rick and Morty. As The Hollywood Reporter reported on Jan. 17, Adult Swim isn’t even halfway through a massive 70-episode order for the show, one of the brand’s most popular titles, commissioned by the channel in 2018.

Sources say Rick and Morty is set to continue, with Roiland’s voice roles to be recast. Though Roiland will always be credited as co-creator, fellow co-creator Dan Harmon will now be the lone showrunner. The show is locked in through season 10.

Roiland still has several projects ongoing with Hulu, including as the co-creator of the streamer’s Solar Opposites, on which he voices a main character (the show was renewed for a fifth season in October). On the platform’s Koala Man, which premiered Jan. 9, Roiland does voicework and also is an executive producer. Roiland also still has an overall deal with 20th Television Animation, which produces Solar Opposites and Koala Man. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Hulu and 20th Television Animation for comment.

On Jan. 12, NBC News was the first to break the news that Roiland was charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit in Orange County based on an alleged 2020 incident with an unnamed Jane Doe that Roiland was dating. Roiland has pled not guilty, and in 2020 was released on a $50,000 bond. Several pretrial hearings have already occurred, and Roiland is expected to return to court April 27.

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Adult Swim Cuts Ties With Justin Roiland Following Domestic Abuse Charges

'Rick and Morty' is set to continue, with Roiland's voice roles to be recast, sources say.
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A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office, Kimberly Edds, said Wednesday that prosecutors had made the decision to dismiss the case after “additional information came to light,” which she declined to specify. Mr. Roiland had pleaded not guilty to the charges and previously had a court hearing scheduled for next month.

In a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Mr. Roiland said that he was thankful for the dismissal but “deeply shaken by the horrible lies that were reported about me during this process.”
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“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 ‘canceled,’” Mr. Roiland said in the statement. He added that he was “determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name.”
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