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INTEREST: Man Withdraws Allegations Against Evangelion Voice Actor Daman Mills

Operation silence victim was a success. Funimation/Crunchyroll will not punish him in anyway nor will they let him go like people have been saying they will. The English dubbing industry is sadly very filthy like this. One of the many reasons I refuse to watch or support dubs.

You do realize the Japanese voice acting industry can be just as scummy? I remember there were some tweets a while back from a Japanese voice actress (she deleted them) that some of the female voice actresses had an unspoken rule to watch out for each other. Then there's also Hiroko Konishi, who claimed that her manager forced her to take a bath (in the hot springs) with Akitaro Daichi.

InuNaruPokeAlchemist wrote:

I wish I knew what to think, aside from the fact I have been trying to undo liking certain voice actors. As I was a Vic fan until the accusations about him were made public. In the two times I met Daman Mills he was nothing but kind to me. It just really sucks that every time I end up liking a character (ex. Kagari in Psycho-Pass) the VA ends up being a creep. Atleast in the case of Freeman spoiler[Should they ever dub the Psycho-Pass Sinners of the System films, we'd have a new voice for Kagari for flashbacks, since he's kinda dead.] But at the end of the day. I really need to learn to separate the art from the artist.

I think I'm in your boat as well. Yet I'm slow to the catch at times. I met Vic, thought he was the nicest person, yet I no longer support him as I understand what being a female victim is like and I support them none than I do a manipulator.

I haven't actually met either of the two, but I just wanted to say I get it. I think it's really easy for people who never watch dubs or are vocal about hating them to be all gung-ho and vocal about these situations not only because they know its the right thing to do, but because it's so easy and has no effect on the media they watch.

I just saw some screenshots on Twitter of Daman saying racist stuff but considering the source of the picture is Kiwi, there’s a good chance that they are fake. This could hurt the victim a lot because it might imply his own screenshots are fake.

DollLifeDan wrote:

Operation silence victim was a success. Funimation/Crunchyroll will not punish him in anyway nor will they let him go like people have been saying they will. The English dubbing industry is sadly very filthy like this. One of the many reasons I refuse to watch or support dubs.

Ahem, Vic Mignogna, Illich Guardiola, Scott Freeman got the boot, and this won't be any different. Not to pin on everything on the likes of him.

As someone who has seen the Cease and Desist sent by Daman's attorney, I am alarmed and dismayed to see misinformation willfully shared by your outlet not once, but twice in your articles.

The Cease and Desist letter sent to the accuser never called for or required a retraction. It demands simply that the accuser Cease and Desist from making future defamatory statements. Perhaps your reporter, Lynzee, who received a copy of the letter, should review it, and reacquaint herself with the importance of accurately depicting primary sources.

I can only assume the article included this misinformation, and retained its general framing, in an effort to imply legal pressure was applied to the accuser. In reality, the terms of the initial Cease and Desist were met, and Daman's counsel has not reached out again since the deadline's passing, nor initiated or threatened any further legal action.

I hope you will do the right thing, and correct the harmful and false information and narrative your negligence and lack of accuracy has propagated. You should be ashamed.

The Cease and Desist letter sent to the accuser never called for or required a retraction. It demands simply that the accuser Cease and Desist from making future defamatory statements.

You should be ashamed.

Well, if you say so, I’m willing to believe it they are real then.
On different subject, I’ve been thinking about why the victim would withdraw the accusation, when I realized something. I noticed from the start that the victim seemed very hesitant to come forward. Not out of fear, but because they didn’t want attention. As I read what the victim wrote, I noticed that they didn’t want attention. At all. So maybe, after seeing what happened to Vic, he withdrew because to deal with the stress of it all. Yes, he would get an overwhelming amount of support people, but that might also been a bad thing. He might he felt suffocated by being surrounded by a bunch of strangers that say they’ll support him. I read once that saying “you’re so strong” or “you’re so brave” to a victim of abuse can do more harm than good, because that puts a lot of pressure on the victim.They like they are forced to be “strong”. They’ll start fearing failure. Hearing praise from a bunch of strangers can be really suffocating and uncomfortable.

So, either we have a false allegation and the claimant is basically admitting fault or withdrawing from real claims because of possible threats against the claimant. Either way, it sadly further puts frustration on this case.

In the two times I met Daman Mills he was nothing but kind to me. It just really sucks that every time I end up liking a character (ex. Kagari in Psycho-Pass) the VA ends up being a creep.