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INTEREST: Voice Actor, ADR Director Daman Mills Accused of Sexual Misconduct


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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:35 am Reply with quote
What’s with all these voice actors being creeps?

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Meowtain Duwu



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:44 am Reply with quote
Man, I swear to God, the animation industry in all aspects just attracts all sorts of disgusting people…
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Dragon_Kaiser



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:48 am Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
What’s with all these voice actors being creeps?


Most likely because they’ve received some amount of fame amongst a small amount of people and they let it go to their heads thinking they’re bigger than what they are and can do anything they want
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:50 am Reply with quote
Counter-suing and claiming the relationship was "consensual" when it was with a 14- or 15-year-old. What the actual ****.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:10 am Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Counter-suing and claiming the relationship was "consensual" when it was with a 14- or 15-year-old. What the actual ****.

And a boy at that. Confused
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:13 am Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Counter-suing and claiming the relationship was "consensual" when it was with a 14- or 15-year-old. What the actual ****.


To be fair, "Duncan" was 16 the first time Mills allegedly touched him. So Duncan was over the age of consent in Ohio. The article tries to make it clear that the first alleged sexual contact was when he was past the legal age of consent.

Regardless, I still wouldn't call what is described by Duncan as remotely consensual.
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Farhanawesome



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:16 am Reply with quote
I Wonder Why is the accuser (Duncan ) bringing up personal incident in the past ?
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HueyLion



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:17 am Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
What’s with all these voice actors being creeps?


The voice actors usually have huge fanbases, so they advantage of their admiration...this Ohio man is only one of these sick twisted VA's victims.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:19 am Reply with quote
Tempest wrote:

To be fair, "Duncan" was 16 the first time Mills allegedly touched him. So Duncan was over the age of consent in Ohio. The article tries to make it clear that the first alleged sexual contact was when he was past the legal age of consent.

Regardless, I still wouldn't call what is described by Duncan as remotely consensual.

Honestly any state where a 21-year-old engaging in sexual acts with a 16-year-old is considered fine and dandy has some serious issues.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:21 am Reply with quote
Farhanawesome wrote:
I Wonder Why is the accuser (Duncan ) bringing up personal incident in the past ?
It's a good question; our journalist asked him. He answered. It's in the article.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:23 am Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Honestly any state where a 21-year-old engaging in sexual acts with a 16-year-old is considered fine and dandy has some serious issues.


Ohio considers a 67-year-old engaging in sexual acts with a 16-year-old fine and dandy (legally speaking).

Sarcasm aside, the concept is that Ohio believes that a 16-year-old is mature enough to make their own decisions about sex, regardless of the age of their "partner."


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:24 am Reply with quote
Because sexual assault-type claims often go unreported and in secluded areas or similar, this might partially explain why Daman might still be getting roles at the moment. For the moment, I am siding with the accuser. However, sometimes but not always and perhaps not to this particular case, an accuser can make a detailed claim and have screen-shots only to have both be revealed as false.

TBH, I am approaching it from a "I (somewhat) believe the victim but am still approaching that the claims currently are just claims"-type angle.


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:43 am Reply with quote
Dang I actually liked his work. Sad to hear.
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JustMonika



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:56 am Reply with quote
After the whole Vic thing this is just what we need more of in the VO community
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zanm0nk



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:01 am Reply with quote
I always believe the victims' account before any investigation has started; I hope that Funimation/Crunchyroll makes a statement regarding an investigation soon, and that any appropriate action is taken as quickly as possible.

Why does this merit an investigation? To determine whether it has happened to others, or if any misconduct goes beyond immoral into illegal territory. The fact that this is "legal" in Ohio sucks, and it was definitely abuse/assault in my opinion, but the fact that it happened there doesn't mean it's limited to events in Ohio. If something like this happened in a different state where the age of consent is 18, legal action needs to be taken. People who have a position where they're looked up to, regardless of what that position is, need to be held accountable when they abuse that role.
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