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NEWS: Vic Mignogna Sues Funimation, Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Ronald Toye

Raijin83 wrote:

FinalVentCard wrote: Considering he has to prove that the people that acted against him both a) were actively acting in reckless disregard for the truth, and b) purposefully were trying to harm his person, I hope he has something to show for himself. Funimation already conducted an internal investigation It's despicable that he roped Rial's fiancee, of all people, into this ordeal. 1 of the things that were in the investigation was a jelly bean with Monica's name on it and Vic said for fun "i ate Monica". you read correctly they accused him over a freaking jelly bean. people made serious investigation for nonsensical bs like this. another 1 was a consensual kiss. these people will get rekt in court.

Did everyone just wake up this morning and decide that these were the only things that he has ever been accused of over the course of the last 15+ years?

these are 2 of the 3 cases Funimation investigated and fired Vic. the 3rd is an alleged inappropriate conduct that Vic denied, and most likely it's bs like the other 2.

Drunk Samurai wrote:

Well then good thing no lawyer did any of that then.

Mr. Beard sub-tweeting Ms. Elderkin with a thinly-veiled threat for the sake of riling up his/Vic's base suggests otherwise.

Your obtuse one-liners have long since gotten old. Stop.

Mr. Beard sub-tweeting Ms. Elderkin with a thinly-veiled threat for the sake of riling up his/Vic's base suggests otherwise.

Your obtuse one-liners have long since gotten old. Stop.

Anthony.P wrote:

Mr. Beard sub-tweeting Ms. Elderkin with a thinly-veiled threat for the sake of riling up his/Vic's base suggests otherwise. Your obtuse one-liners have long since gotten old. Stop.

Telling someone they'll be added to a lawsuit if they interfere with an investigation or for defamation is not a threat, it's a statement of fact.

What Ms. Eldekrin thinks about the lawsuit is irrelevant. She is not a lawyer, she is a blogger. If nothing else, this story has shown a lot of people do not know much about the law but like to act like they do.

For people who love to constantly shout about “innocent until proven guilty” (in contexts that have nothing to do with a court room), it’s almost funny how people think “the defendants will have to prove they didn’t defame him” is how this works.

Cause that would mean they’d be assuming that the defendants here are guilty unless they can prove they’re innocent, lol. So you’d think it should be obvious to them that he’s the one who has to prove things here.[/i]

Did everyone just wake up this morning and decide that these were the only things that he has ever been accused of over the course of the last 15+ years?

Did everyone just wake up this morning and decide that these were the only things that he has ever been accused of over the course of the last 15+ years?

MarzGurl wrote:

Did everyone just wake up this morning and decide that these were the only things that he has ever been accused of over the course of the last 15+ years?

How is it that Vic's bad behavior was pretty much an open secret in the industry, yet Funimation's initial investigation was apparently inconclusive? To reconcile this contradiction, you'd have to argue that they were incompetent or worse, that they looked the other way.

How is it that Vic's bad behavior was pretty much an open secret in the industry, yet Funimation's initial investigation was apparently inconclusive?

Just a little update, but Nick Rekieta is doing a commentary on this very thread: Mod Edit removed link- Maya

Take it with a grain of salt if you're against him, but at least listen to the words, not the messenger. I feel like it's still meaningful discussion helpful to this thread.

ronelm2000 wrote:

Ryasha wrote: Ron Donald wrote: edit: and do you even know anything about that "internal investigation"? One of the complaints was he ate one of Monica's jelly beans. No, seriously. It wasn't that he ate a jellybean. It was him making a sexual comment when he did it. She willingly gave him the jellybean, signed it with her name like an autograph, and he put it in his mouth saying the he got to eat Monica Rial. THAT is why it was included as a complaint in the investigation. While personally I have problems with HR considering that as sexual harassment, the real question is where are the other claims, like Monica Rial's claim (in a long tweet) last Febuary, or Jamie Marchi's other claims, or Ron's inflating corroborating accounts. That's what the public ultimately needs to ascertain.

There were two totally separate investigations. One in 2017, and one in 2019. You heard a singular story from 2017 that was absolutely not the sole reason why Funimation separated from Vic. You have not heard about the other stories from the rest of both investigations because you are only hearing what tiny little itty bitty bit was leaked through a YouTube channel rather than through official means. That information is not owed to you, and the public is not at all in the slightest owed the information to allow them to ascertain. That is completely up to the court. If and when it gets that far, and if Funimation allows for that information to become public, THEN the public will be able to scrutinize all they want.

And if you were to ask "well why would people be afraid to speak about the harassment", well, may I remind you that several people who spoke out about alleged harassment are now being sued for a million dollars? Among other things.