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INTEREST: AnimeNEXT Staff Launch Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Former Con

Vic had zero receipts and evidence against him, and thankfully after a few weeks from the initial accusations people noticed there still wasn't and public opinion started shifting back around in his favor. Nowadays he's getting convention invites left and right as new evidences pops up thanks to his lawsuit that shows he was vindicated all along.

But this accusation is boring. He asked legal-aged women out for drinks,

He described the complaints as.........inviting women under the age of 21 to drink in his room at night,

That seems like a very conspiratorial view of the situation. People quickly sided against ProJared because there were actual receipts and mountains of tangible evidence levied against him. A few people initially defended him, like his former co-creators, but after the evidence dropped they recanted and dropped him, and he quickly became the laughing stock of the internet. Vic had zero receipts and evidence against him, and thankfully after a few weeks from the initial accusations people noticed there still wasn't and public opinion started shifting back around in his favor. Nowadays he's getting convention invites left and right as new evidences pops up thanks to his lawsuit that shows he was vindicated all along.

But you are correct about this guy. He does not have the fanbase or popularity Vic does, so if this is another case of his career being ruined because of anonymous accusations and hearsay, he probably won't get the amount of support Vic did. But as far as this article mentions, he hasn't be fired yet, so it hasn't come to that yet. Of course, it's also possible some receipts of him doing sexual misconduct will appear as well, so we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

penguintruth wrote:

Where’s the evidence? I demand 4K video footage from several angles! I bet this is because a jelly bean! Ow, it hurts to pretend to be that dumb.

You would think after the ProJared thing people wouldn't mock this idea that evidence is somehow hard to obtain when literally hours after Jared's accusation he had dozens of his private photos and conversation logs posted all over the internet. It's only hard to produce when it doesn't exist.

But this accusation is boring. He asked legal-aged women out for drinks, they said no, and he moved on? That's called hooking up, and it's quite common at conventions. I don't see how that's inappropriate at all.

As painful as these past few months have been, this kind of reckoning was long overdue and I'm glad it's continuing.

But this accusation is boring. He asked legal-aged women out for drinks, they said no, and he moved on? That's called hooking up, and it's quite common at conventions. I don't see how that's inappropriate at all.

Yeah and most organizers of conventions are not going to be a "celeb" like Vic. So what. If a convention draws a crowd of 5k every year, I would still think its worth reporting.

Aresef wrote:

As painful as these past few months have been, this kind of reckoning was long overdue and I'm glad it's continuing.

Honestly I can't say I agree. Since the start of the MeToo movement Due Process has been tossed out the window. I fear for the future of this country and society in general when you are guilty by default and judged by mob trial. This is resulting is regression of our society not Progress.

FYI @BadNewsBlues legal age of consent in the USA is 18. The article mentions at this point everyone was 18 or older.

Going back over the article, I see a charge of providing or attempting to provide alcohol under age.

Without more information anything else derived is just conjecture. If something illegal occurred then let the man serve his punishment via the courts.

Honestly I can't say I agree. Since the start of the MeToo movement Due Process has been tossed out the window.

FYI @BadNewsBlues legal age of consent in the USA is 18. The article mentions at this point everyone was 18 or older.

They weren't of legal drinking age. Setting aside the "illegal to provide alcohol to the underaged" issue, it's awfully predatory to invite young women who're probably less experienced with alcohol to drink at an isolated location. Especially when you're in a position of power over them, as this guy was. The article outlines plenty of other abuses of his authority, as well.

So..

Let them do what they want as long as they don't get caught?

Yikes.

You know when things like this happen a lot of sponsors won't want anything to do with it, right? Or did anyone forget what happened with Anime Boston?

If you're advocating it, I really doubt it is something that you would do yourself.

Something doesn’t have to be illegal to be immoral. Something doesn’t have to be illegal to be distasteful, to be against policy. Many of the worst allegations leveled against Vic Mignogna are outside statutes of limitations. That means it’s up to us to decide, rightly, that he is no longer welcome at conventions, that he poses a danger to congoers and to his peers. And it was and remains up to the companies that did or will engage his services whether they will do so. And it’s up to us to hold those companies accountable on behalf of the voice actresses and others he hurt.

Had Funimation continued to do business with him, I would have voted with my dollars. Were conventions I frequent to invite him, I’d stop going to said conventions for good.

On the topic of consumer vigilantism, Vic is currently scheduled for more conventions for the rest of 2019 than any of his accuser are. Apparently "we" decided the accusations were insubstantial, and he actually is welcome at conventions and not a danger to anyone.

He described the complaints as inappropriate speech, unwanted touching, inviting women under the age of 21 to drink in his room at night, or generally making women feel uncomfortable. The women involved were predominately Asian.