Adult Swim announces it has severed ties with rick and morty co producer justin rowland After news reports revealed he was facing a 2020 trial domestic violence charge.
“Adult Swim has ended its association with Justin Roiland,” adult swim Mary Moore, senior vice president of communications, wrote in a statement Tuesday.
rick and morty is one of Adult Swim’s most popular titles, and Roiland voices both titular characters – leaving the future of the show uncertain. Adult Swim Green-Lit rick and morty In 2018 for a massive commitment of 10 seasons and the show ends its sixth season in December 2022.
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two weeks ago, News spread that 42-year-old Roiland had been charged with one felony count of domestic battery with bodily injury and one felony count of false imprisonment by threat, violence, fraud or deception in Orange County, California. The complainant is an unnamed woman who was Roiland’s girlfriend and was living with him at the time.
Roiland was charged in May 2020, a few months after the police incident. He pleaded not guilty.
The allegations did not see media coverage at the time. Then, on January 12, Roiland’s case went into pre-trial hearings, bringing the allegations back into the public eye.
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In a statement earlier this month, Roiland’s attorney T. Edward Welburn said, “Not only is Justin innocent, but we also have every expectation that once the district attorney’s office has completed its systematic review of the evidence, So this case will be dismissed. ,
Roiland is expected to appear in court on April 27.
According to a post on the animated sitcom’s Twitter page, rick and morty Will continue without Roiland. sources told The Hollywood Reporter Roiland’s roles would be recast and fellow co-creator Dan Harmon would step on as sole showrunner. Sources said that Rowland would be credited as co-producer.
Roiland has also left the video game company he helped co-found, Squanch Games.
The company wrote on its Twitter page on Tuesday: “Squanch Games has received the resignation of Justin Roiland, effective January 16, 2023.”
On Wednesday, Hulu and 20th Television Animation announced that it had also ended its association with Roiland. Diversity, Roiland co-produced two animated series for Hulu, solar contrast And koala manboth of which would continue without his participation.
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