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In the years following the 2013 debut of Adult Swim’s cartoon phenomenon “Rick and Morty,” its star and co-creator Justin Roiland became a titan of the animation and video game industry and a rock star of youth counterculture. His artistic style and caricatures became ubiquitous in cannabis culture, and his career expanded into producing other animated series, creating NFTs and leading a virtual reality gaming studio. In 2017, a “Rick and Morty” collaboration with McDonald’s led to such a viral frenzy that police had to be called to at least two locations.

But as he partied with Los Angeles’ superstars and traveled the country for conventions, he also found he could use his fame to strike up conversations and develop relationships with young fans, including some who were underage. This is according to interviews with 11 women and nonbinary people who shared thousands of messages with Roiland from 2013 to 2022 — with nine of the people saying he turned the exchanges sexual. Of those nine people, three said they were 16 when they started talking to Roiland. To corroborate their stories, the 11 women and nonbinary people also shared pictures, videos, social media posts, emails, and plane ticket and Uber receipts with NBC News.

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[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

Not a pedo, just a regular rapist. Talk about low bars.

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 141 points 1 year ago

Don't mistake my comment as a defense of him as a person. He's been accused of domestic violence, forced oral sex, and taking advantage of intoxicated women under the drinking age. Despite him getting off on the DV charge, where there's smoke, there's fire. He's obviously a pretty terrible human being.

I just don't like people throwing around 'pedo' unjustly, because it waters it down and takes away the impact when used against even worse monsters.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

16 is not prepubescent which is what pedo is there is another term for teens but i forgot.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago
[-] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Ephebophilia I believe. He's also a groomer, how fun...

[-] sweeny@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

The only people who care about this distinction are pedophiles / whatever that term is.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Even the "forced" oral sex seems really suspect.

But he should have been able to read the situation as well as anyone. If she seems to be setting a trap, maybe don't fall for it?

Either way, the dude seems to be tiptoeing around the borders laws that nobody should be near. Dude's sitting and watching the clock for when his prey turns 18. Even if he might comply with the letter of the law, he's clearly violating the spirit.

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