The domestic violence lawsuit against Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland has been dropped, Polygon reports. Roiland—who also created 2022 Game Pass hit High On Life—was charged with felony domestic violence and false imprisonment after a criminal complaint in May 2020, but those charges didn’t come to light until they were unearthed by NBC News in January this year.
An Orange Country district attorney spokesperson tells PC Gamer that that the DA’s office “dismissed the charges yesterday as a result of insufficient evidence to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt”.
In a tweet titled “Justice,” Roiland wrote that he “never had any doubt this day would come,” writing that he was “thankful” for the case’s dismissal but “deeply shaken by the horrible lies that were reported about me during this process,” and 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'”.
Roiland was arrested in August 2020, three months after the criminal complaint in May, before being released on a $50,000 bail bond. He pleaded not guilt…
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