The voice of Rick and Morty set to change forever

By Alyse Deatherage Managing Editor

You may not recognize the name Justin Roiland on its own, but you may recognize his popular characters Rick and Morty from the show Rick and Morty, both of whom he voices. He additionally voiced characters in and co-created the show Solar Opposites and executively produced the recent Hulu release Koala Man. However, Roiland has currently been removed as a voice actor for all of these shows and has cut ties with their distributors. Roiland currently faces a domestic violence charge from a Jane Doe. The woman involved is not currently known, as Roiland has no public relationships and is not married. The charge was made in May

2020.

As quoted by The Hollywood Reporter, the felony complaint against Roiland charged him for “one count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit.”

The Hollywood Reporter also quoted the complaint stating that it alleges Roiland “did unlawfully violate the personal liberty of Jane Doe by violence, menace, fraud and deceit.”

In August of 2020 Roiland pleaded not guilty and was released on $50,000 bond. The case has not ended with hearings still continuing to date.

On January 24, Roiland was removed from Rick and Morty and Adult Swim cut their ties with Roiland completely. The same day, the gaming company co-founded by Roiland and inspired by the Rick and Morty television series, Squanch Games, received a resignation from Roiland.

After the felony complaint led to the removal of Roiland from these positions, multiple under-aged coworkers of Roilands publicly accused him via social media of grooming individuals for sexual relationships with him.

According to screenshots from Twitter, one minor was allegedly asked by Roiland: “Are you going to get Morty tattoo’d on your boob licking your nipple? If not you, then who?” Another individual, found on Twitter by the name @ opposumopunk, detailed their experience with Roiland through screenshots they’d made on another account named Janna Waters.

Waters claimed that Roiland befriended them via text messaging for about three years and often included subtle hints towards wanting to have sex while Waters was still under aged. Waters also discussed Roiland specifically mentioning other women and hinting towards wanting a threesome with Waters.