‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland’s Domestic Violence Charges Dropped, Says ‘Embittered Ex’ Tried to ‘Have Me Canceled’
thewrap.comcut ties with Roiland in January after the charges were filed. They included one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one felony count of false imprisonment.
An anonymous Jane Doe, who was who was an intimate partner of Roiland’s at the time, said in her criminal complaint that the alleged encounter happened on or around Jan.
19, 2020.“We dismissed the charges today as a result of having insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Kimberly Edds, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s office, said in a statement Wednesday.Besides “Rick and Morty,” Roiland co-created the Hulu animated series “Solar Opposites” and was the executive producer on “Koala Man.” Both shows have continued without Roiland’s involvement.
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