In 2019, Vic Mignogna, a voice actor whose credit embrace Dragon Ball Z, RWBY, and Fullmetal Alchemist, was accused of sexual harassment by a number of events mentioned to stretch again a number of years.
Later that very same 12 months, Mignogna would later sue his employer Funimation (who, like Rooster Tooth, fired him following an inside investigation), together with fellow voice actors Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi, together with Rial’s accomplice, Ron Toye. That swimsuit, which was filed in Texas, was dismissed, and Mignogna was pressured to attraction months later. And now Mignogna has not solely misplaced that attraction, he might also must pay additional authorized charges to the defendants.
Texas’ 2nd Court docket of Appeals discovered that the voice actor didn’t have sufficient proof to show that the allegations in opposition to him have been false, or made with any malice. He’s now been ordered to pay $250,000 in lawyer charges to Funimation, Rial, Marchi, and Toye, although that quantity might find yourself being even larger. The courts are presently reevaluating what he’ll owe.
“We affirm the trial court docket’s judgment apart from the lawyer’s-fee quantity awarded to Cross Appellants Monica Rial and Ronald Toye,” dominated Justice Mike Wallach. “We remand this lawyer’s-fee problem to the trial court docket for a redetermination.”
On Twitter, Rial thanked everybody for the assist given to her, Marchi, and Toye over time. “I’ve been part of the anime neighborhood for 23 years and I find it irresistible. Right here’s to transferring ahead, therapeutic, and celebrating anime!”
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All through Mignogna’s authorized troubles, the voice actor has maintained his innocence, at the same time as a number of voice actors past Rial and Marchi have spoken out in opposition to him. Even so, he hasn’t disappeared from the highlight like a number of different males in his place, as he was lately at Houston’s Anime Matsuri in late July.
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