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NEWS: Judge Rules Vic Mignogna Must Pay US$238,042 to Defendants in Lawsuit

At any rate, I'm not sure how most of you still have absolute contempt and disdain for Mignogna. He didn't exactly conduct himself poorly throughout the course of the suit. This case seems to have ended before anything could be properly assessed, with most of what was said and done has left more questions than answers. I have more contempt for his more hellacious fans and now clearly incompetent council than I have reason to outright dislike him.

I have not followed this case super closely (in part because I don't usually watch dubs, and didn't know who "Vic" was prior to this case; in part, because I've never taken much active interest in actors/actresses, of the voice variety or otherwise), but the last two pages had me wondering: is there actual video of Vic's demonstration of how he imagined "acceptable unsolicited hair-pulling" would be performed? I am legitimately curious to see that, to get a quick sense of how in/out of touch he is with the ramifications of his actions.

From my casual watching of this case, Mignogna comes off.. not actively malevolent, by any means, in his behavior in the legal proceedings (which I mean quite distinctly from the accusations he faces, which seem reasonably damning, and from fairly numerous sources), but certainly his actions have made me wonder if he's possessed by some kind of powerful, naive narcissism. I cannot imagine why anyone would enact a suit of this sort and then skip out on court dates, seemingly on a whim. It would make sense if he had done so after deciding they were lost causes, but his doubling down with his legal representation seems to make that an impossibility.

I have not followed this case super closely (in part because I don't usually watch dubs, and didn't know who "Vic" was prior to this case; in part, because I've never taken much active interest in actors/actresses, of the voice variety or otherwise), but the last two pages had me wondering: is there actual video of Vic's demonstration of how he imagined "acceptable unsolicited hair-pulling" would be performed? I am legitimately curious to see that, to get a quick sense of how in/out of touch he is with the ramifications of his actions.

From my casual watching of this case, Mignogna comes off.. not actively malevolent, by any means, in his behavior in the legal proceedings (which I mean quite distinctly from the accusations he faces, which seem reasonably damning, and from fairly numerous sources), but certainly his actions have made me wonder if he's possessed by some kind of powerful, naive narcissism. I cannot imagine why anyone would enact a suit of this sort and then skip out on court dates, seemingly on a whim. It would make sense if he had done so after deciding they were lost causes, but his doubling down with his legal representation seems to make that an impossibility.

purpleloops wrote:

At any rate, I'm not sure how most of you still have absolute contempt and disdain for Mignogna. He didn't exactly conduct himself poorly throughout the course of the suit.

Kinda disagree here. His obvious incomprehension during the deposition that he did anything wrong along with his comments at a signing along the lines of this is a war on hugs, combined with lack of appearances in person in court, especially when key decisions are made when he is the one who brought the suit forward is enough justification for the contempt and disdain against him.

The man can believe and say "this is a war of hugs" if he wants, especially if he doesn't think he did anything wrong. He isn't deserving of disdain and contempt for that. Mild distaste perhaps.

We don't have much to go off of beyond conflicting affidavits and maligned depositions anyway. It just all boils down to personal belief now. I believe he abused those women, but I'm not going to sit here and say I know that for a fact.

Vic has had a hate mob chasing him around since before he got that roll for Edward Elric this is evident if you listen to Anncast "down with the vicness" he explains that he was getting death threats when he got that roll he's had a hate mob chasing around for many years these people love to hate Vic there's many sides to this politically and religiously. It has been pretty entertaining to watch ANN break terms of service and have their hate mob rule against Vic without proof all they have is hearsay conjecture and what they hear from third parties. I'm sure a lot worse is been going on down behind the subscriber paywall.

It has been pretty entertaining to watch ANN break terms of service and have their hate mob rule against Vic without proof all they have is hearsay conjecture and what they hear from third parties. I'm sure a lot worse is been going on down behind the subscriber paywall.

Weren't the bulk of the conventions that retained Vic as a guest ones that couldn't dump him for contractual reasons (Kameha Con), run by people who were also facing allegations of sexual harassment (Anime Matsuri), or were conventions that were more Comic Con than Anime Con?

Shadowrun20XX wrote:

It has been pretty entertaining to watch ANN break terms of service and have their hate mob rule against Vic without proof all they have is hearsay conjecture and what they hear from third parties. I'm sure a lot worse is been going on down behind the subscriber paywall.

Breaking what now? with whom? What is this related to?

I'm curious. For the attorneys that Chupp under-rewarded fees, do they have to accept that money ($50,000) as their full compensation? Or do they then force the client to cover whatever the rest of the submitted bill was?

Because, at least as far as my understanding, by having the case dismissed by TCPA, Vic's on the hook for **all** the legal costs. So if they did still bill the rest to their client then Vic's not paying ALL of the costs. But I would think because it's a judge's ruling on "$50,000" the attorney's couldn't sue Vic for the rest.

So if they have a detailed bill that says their fees were $100,000, is the firm just out the other $50,000?

Ok yeah i guess a determination on "reasonable" does make sense. And from what I heard, Chupp did question if the defenses were over/undercharging.

Just seems a bit "bleh" if the defendants wind up on the hook for the rest of the fees. I mean if Vic wasn't getting work at Funi before, he CERTAINLY ain't if they still have to put up thousands to pay the rest of the costs.

Also seems pretty shitty if you get SLAPPed, get it dismissed, but still wind up with a big legal bill because the judge didn't agree with the charges...