Vic Mignogna Sexual Harassment Allegations

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Ssalari - 4 mo ago Idk how to feel about this tbh.... 15 Reply Share ... MirrorNo OP-4 mo. ago It's just two best friends getting a picture with their favorite voice actor. 15 Reply Share ... Ssalari - 4 mo ago It's just two best friends getting a picture with their favorite voice actor, who sexually assaulted ppl. Fixed it for you. 19 ↓ Reply Share MirrorNo OP-4 mo. ago No proof, no need for correction. -24 Reply Share ... Ssalari-4mo. ago As long as you close your eyes on everything there will never be a proof. I suggest you go do some digging in r/animedubs 16 Reply Share *** MirrorNo OP 4 mo ago I've looked into everything since it all started, and nothing has ever added up. 4-15 ↓ Reply Share *** Ssalari-4mo. ago If you want to act ignorant that's up to you. But at least for your friend's sake be careful around him. 17 ↓ Reply Share *** MirrorNo OP-4 mo. ago He never gave off any bad vibes to either of us. ↑ Reply Share ... Ssalari - 4 mo. ago Buddy, you shouldn't trust ppl based on vibes. Do you think a sexual predator gonna walk around with a Neon warning sign? 21 Reply Share ... MirrorNo OP-4 mo ago He's not a predator... Nothing mentioned in the court case ever added up. No matter how good of an actor someone is, you can't continue to act perfectly normal around someone who has violated you in such a serious way, your mind won't let you and your body will betray your fear. 94 Reply Share *** Continue this thread->

a0t3a | Mar 11, 6:41 AM someone is calling another guy a SJW whilst having Hitler in their favourite people kys nazi. Everybody stop being a f------ p---- who actually care about vic he's an aids voice actor and a potentially worse person she is the better voice actor get over it if you use the letters S, J, and W as an insult unironically you are fcking stupid and your opinion is unneeded and invalid Report Last Online 6 hours ago Gender Non-Binary Birthday Jul 7, 2006 Location c-- village Joined Apr 19, 2020

Jamie McGonnigal @McBenefit 5h Literally nothing has been proven false. Enough with your sexual assault denialism. Begone toxic masculinity. Skeletor Jeezus @SkeletorJeezus 5h "Toxic masculinity. "sexual assault denialism" PROVE. HE. ASSAULTED. ANYONE. You all wanted to jump on the accusation wagon, you PROVIDE the proof. You're a total Quack 6 Jamie McGonnigal @McBenefit 5h And you're a r--- apologist. Bye d------. 3

Overview • Background • Developments • Search Interest •

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Type: Controversy

Tags: voice actor edward elric amelia cook homophobia unwanted sexual advances ty beard rekieta law thatumbrellaguy prettyuglylittleliar nick rekieta kamehacon funimation we will be in touch

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Overview

Vic Mignogna Sexual Assault Allegations refer to accusations that American voice actor Vic Mignogna, best known for voicing the character Edward Elric from the English dub of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist, sexually harassed various women.

Background

Talk of Mignogna being creepy and inappropriate have circulated in the convention community since he first started appearing at them since the mid 2000s. On February 8th, 2017, a thread compiling various accusations against Mignogna was created on the site PrettyUglyLittleLiar.^[6]

Developments

2019 Twitter Thread

On January 16th, 2019, a Twitter^[5] thread was published about Mignogna, which contained various accusations of homophobia, anti-Semitism and unwanted sexual advances. That day, Anime Feminist founder Amelia Cook retweeted the thread, along with the message "How is Vic Mignogna still working in anime?" (shown below). Within three weeks, the tweet garnered upwards of 2,500 likes and 1,800 retweets.

A friend linked me this

Cw underage sexual assault pic.twitter.com/W0KkYbSbGj
— 🍌🐟 (@hanleia) January 16, 2019

Mignogna's Response

On January 21st, 2019, Mignogna posted a statement on Twitter^[4] denying the accusations, but claiming he would stop physically interacting with fans (shown below). Within two weeks, the post gained over 8,600 likes and 2,000 retweets.

This is heartbreaking. Over the last few days, a number of comments and allegations have been voiced on social media. I'd like to share my thoughts. Homophobic? NO! Some of my dearest friends are members of the LGBTQ community, including several that I brought into my production family on Star Trek Continues. This is a blatantly false statement. I said many years ago that I didn't think a particular character I voiced was gay, contrary to what some fans believed, not because it matters to me AT ALL, but because I was told this was the case. I also elected not to autograph Yaoi, not because I am homophobic but because I didn't wish to sign material that was not canon. Anti-Semitic?? I couldn't even grasp where this was coming from until someone pointed me to a moment years ago where I was in a panel, and referred to a bunch of noise coming from another room jokingly as "a holocaust." As l said then, it was a metaphor for armageddon, death, and mass destruction, but not "THE Holocaust." Could I have chosen a different word? Sure, in retrospect I could have. And, of course, I am sorry that it offended anyone. I sincerely apologize to any convention staff member who ever felt I was anything less than kind and grateful to be included in their event. Unknown to most staffers, contractual arrangements made in advance with cons were occasionally not honored when I arrived and that made me frustrated. That does not excuse making anyone feel badly and I am deeply sorry. I would also like to sincerely apologize to anyone who ever felt my interaction with them (a hug or a kiss on the cheek or forehead) was crossing a line. Never in a million years would it be my intent to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Rather, it was meant to show gratitude or support. I come from an affectionately expressive family where such displays are commonplace. But I understand that not everyone feels the same way. Hence, I will not be interacting in the same way with fans in the future. Understand this is the climate we live in and this is how it has to be. To my fans who ask me for hugs, etc., I'm sorry, but please know that I am no less grateful to or supportive of you! Finally, any allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or most disturbingly, p--------- are COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY FALSE. My heart weeps for anyone who endures a violation of this kind, so to be accused of harming others in this way...! have no words. Sincerely, Vic Mignogna

Rooster Teeth's Response

On February 5th, 2019, Rooster Teeth published an announcement that Mignogna was "no longer a part of the cast" for the show RWBY and that the company was "ending all associations with Mignogna."^[3]

Funimation's Response

On February 11th, Funimation announced one of his roles will be recast and they will no longer engaging with Mignogna in future productions.

Everyone, we wanted to give you an update on the Vic Mignogna situation. Following an investigation, Funimation recast Vic Mignogna in Morose Mononokean Season 2. Funimation will not be engaging Mignogna in future productions.

— Funimation (@FUNimation) February 11, 2019

Gofundme

On February 19th, a GoFundMe was launched by Nick Rekieta with a $100,000 goal.^[7] The money will go directly to lawyer fees and any extra money left over will go to charity.^[8] The GoFundME reached the goal on March 5th.

Ty Beard

On March 1st, 2019, Mignogna's attorney Ty Beard replied to a thread on Twitter^[9] about accusations against Mignogna with the message "We will be in touch" (shown below).

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On March 4th, the Rekieta Law YouTube channel held a livestream with Ty Beard about the Vic Mignogna case (shown below, left). The following day, YouTuber ThatUmbrellaGuy uploaded a video reacting to the livestream (shown below, right).

On March 20th, Rekieta Law held another livestream with Beard, who discussed ethics complaints, KamehaCon and various legal issues (shown below).