Vic Mignogna Lawsuit |OT| Hold My Beard (Update: Appeal lost, Mignogna must pay attorney fees to defendants)

[L Thammy]

I don't know if anything super serious against him has come out in regards to all this, all I remember is that he's a flat earther and I think one of those weird hardcore christians or something. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

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He seems to be a Catholic based on what I can find online, which generally don't fit the definition of "weird hardcore christians" - I think that would best fit Southern Baptists like Vic, but they're definitely something most prominent from around that area. The more Catholic areas in the US like Maryland and New England tend to be solid blue states. And like, even medieval Catholics didn't believe in a flat earth, there's nothing traditional about that and it's totally on him.

But he's also in the biggest Southern Baptist state, he's potentially close to Vic Mignogna, and he participates in faith-based entertainment stuff (I think he's involved with that Fantasy Soft which allied with #StandWithVic?)

 

[ArchedThunder]

He seems to be a Catholic based on what I can find online, which generally don't fit the definition of "weird hardcore christians" - that would best fit Southern Baptists like Vic. The more Catholic areas in the US like Maryland and New England tend to be solid blue states. And like, even medieval Catholics didn't believe in a flat earth, there's nothing traditional about that and it's totally on him.

But he's also in the biggest Southern Baptist state, he's potentially close to Vic Mignogna, and he participates in faith-based entertainment stuff (I think he's involved with that Fantasy Soft which allied with #StandWithVic?)

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What I meant by the weird christian thing is simply I think I remembered people talking about some of his beliefs or ties people or something, not that that was tied to him being a flat earther, but its more a vague recollection so it's not something I'm going to make accusations about.

 

[L Thammy]

What I meant by the weird christian thing is simply I think I remembered people talking about some of his beliefs or ties people or something, not that that was tied to him being a flat earther, but its more a vague recollection so it's not something I'm going to make accusations about.

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Might just be on me. I looked up the flat earth stuff and it was from an interview from a religious website, so I was thinking "oh, could he one of these Jack Chick sorta guys", but I can't find anything really pointing out that. He might just honestly be into non-mainstream science / pseudoscience for whatever reason.

 

[DragonSJG]

From what I can make out from twitter Chuck was acting as "mediator" for a bit and then started siding with Vic and he may have name dropped him to come to court to defend himself. So it may be that he will summoned to be defend Vic in court.

We'll have to wait a little more to get more details, but if that's true it would be a terrible look for Chuck.

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Did he really side with vic?

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Did he really side with vic?

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[DragonSJG]

What has changed? What has he done? How did he choose vic?

 

[ArchedThunder]

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That's a big yikes.
Also lol at that dude saying that Funimation will "Go down with the snakes." Vic losing or this case being thrown out is gonna be one hell of a wake up call, especially if Funimation actually does a counter suit.

 

[DragonSJG]

I hope Chuck is simply a mediator. He's one of my fav VA's and it'd suck to hear he sided with vic

 

[doomrider7]

What has changed? What has he done? How did he choose vic?

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Same. I really fucking hate this vagueness that they're going with. Either tell us what he did or stop bringing him up.

 

[Morlas]

even if Vic somehow did win ain't shit gonna happen to Funimation Ron Monica or Jamie for real, and Vic is still gonna be out of the Anime VA game. There is literally no situation where Vic comes out ahead here.

 

[deimosmasque]

Same. I really fucking hate this vagueness that they're going with. Either tell us what he did or stop bringing him up.

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Except any lawyer would tell you that if you know something's Plastering it on social media isn't the way to do it if there is an active litigation going on.
Honestly even these vague statements are probably stuff that people who want to help should not be doing.

 

[E_i]

 

[DragonSJG]

Vic is so screwed right?

 

[FormatCompatible]

Lol at that first comment on the ANN article, Vic Miñonga.

 

[deimosmasque]

Vic is so screwed right?

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OH yes.

 

[deepFlaw]

Same. I really fucking hate this vagueness that they're going with. Either tell us what he did or stop bringing him up.

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Vic mentioned him in his deposition. That's probably all you're going to know unless the case doesn't get dismissed.

Cause they only need to act on this list if it's not dismissed. That's all "they're going with"- he's just one of the people Vic brought up that they're keeping from destroying relevant information.

 

[DragonSJG]

Crash and burn, Vic. Serves him right for being a perv and associating with alt-right figures

 

[Gold Arsene]

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.........There are people on the ANN site saying this will bankrupt Funimation.

 

[Deleted member 9479]

Man ANN forum comments never cease to amaze me.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

So it's over?

 

[Erik Zarkov]

It's probably going to be four months till we get a ruling on this filing, and the other defendants still need to file their own as well. It's not going to be over for a good while.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

It's probably going to be four months till we get a ruling on this filing, and the other defendants still need to file their own as well. It's not going to be over for a good while.

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Ah, unfortunate. But it's not good for Vic.

 

[boredandlazy]

.........There are people on the ANN site saying this will bankrupt Funimation.

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There are people on the ANN site who think Oreimo had a good ending.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

There are people on the ANN site who think Oreimo had a good ending.

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Yeah, that show went down in flames in season 2. Pandering to the incest fanboys meant destroying pretty much everyone's characters.

 

[Cokomon]

There are people on the ANN site who think Oreimo had a good ending.

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Yeah, that show went down in flames in season 2. Pandering to the incest fanboys meant destroying pretty much everyone's characters.

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I don't know what this is, and I don't think I want to.

 

[Jarate]

Yeah, that show went down in flames in season 2. Pandering to the incest fanboys meant destroying pretty much everyone's characters.

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maybe watching a show called "My little sister can't be this cute" shouldve clued you in

 

[MrSaturn99]

I stopped visting ANN forums for good after how many Rekieta/Beard apologists flooded any and all discussions on this. My condolences to the mods.

 

[DragonSJG]

maybe watching a show called "My little sister can't be this cute" shouldve clued you in

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Urgh......

 

[Joe2187]

I don't know what this is, and I don't think I want to.

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The show was literally about wanting to fuck your brother...

and then they get married....

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

maybe watching a show called "My little sister can't be this cute" shouldve clued you in

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the thing was it was moving away from any incest undertones. Until a law was under consideration that would have restricted the sales of incest stuff.

The novel author went all in on incest after that. Destroyed the characters of several popular charcters in the story all to justify the sudden shift and ending.

 

[Cokomon]

I stopped visting ANN forums for good after how many Rekieta/Beard apologists flooded any and all discussions on this. My condolences to the mods.

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According to a response to that ANN tweet, there's someone on there fighting the good fight and calling them cultists.

 

[Syriel]

imagine someone getting popped in the mouth for 168 pages

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All those glorious billable hours. You don't go for overkill like that unless you're sending a message.

Vic will be on the hook for paying for all of it if Funi wins the motion.

 

[Cokomon]

All those glorious billable hours. You don't go for overkill like that unless you're sending a message.

Vic will be on the hook for paying for all of it if Funi wins the motion.

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He could have just taken the L and disappeared, but instead Vic decided public bridge burning and self combustion was the way he wanted to go out.

 

[Merc_]

Luckily, only a few people seem to be defending Vic in the comments of the ANN article. Most of the thread is rightfully saying that Vic and his little cult are fucked.

 

[doomrider7]

the thing was it was moving away from any incest undertones. Until a law was under consideration that would have restricted the sales of incest stuff.

The novel author went all in on incest after that. Destroyed the characters of several popular charcters in the story all to justify the sudden shift and ending.

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I hate it when stuff like that happens. Isn't he also the author of just about every little sister novel and show that's come out in the last few years as well? Also, ANN and Crunchyroll are cancerous alt-right cess pools when it comes to this shit so it comes to no surprise to me that they'd side with Vic.

 

[FormatCompatible]

Also, ANN and Crunchyroll are cancerous alt-right cess pools when it comes to this shit so it comes to no surprise to me that they'd side with Vic.

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I don't know about Crunchyroll, but in the case of ANN they have some good people on staff who at least try to have proper moderation on their forums, but of course the alt-right garbage invaded their forums when this Vic shitstorm blew out because unlike era their account system has no restriction, so any idiot can create multiple accounts pretty easily.

I really don't envy them having to moderate and ban people like them been doing, shit must be exhausting.

 

[doomrider7]

I don't know about Crunchyroll, but in the case of ANN they have some good people on staff who at least try to have proper moderation on their forums, but of course the alt-right garbage invaded their forums when this Vic shitstorm blew out because unlike era their account system has no restriction, so any idiot can create multiple accounts pretty easily.

I really don't envy them having to moderate and ban people like them been doing, shit must be exhausting.

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Imagine ANN...except worse, because the mods barely care at times and from cursory overview it's very pro-vic there and has been since all of this took off or at very least centrist as all fuck on an issue that really shouldn't be.

The whole thing over there has been tellingly quiet ever since the shellacking of Vic and his "lawyers" started.

 

[FormatCompatible]

Imagine ANN...except worse, because the mods barely care at times and from cursory overview it's very pro-vic there and has been since all of this took off or at very least centrist as all fuck on an issue that really shouldn't be.

The whole thing over there has been tellingly quiet ever since the shellacking of Vic and his "lawyers" started.

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Another thing that attracted the vicstans to troll on the ANN forums was the fact that they were one the first big sites to broke out the story about Vic's harassment over the years, so his brigade flocked in there with multiple accounts to defend the honor of the fuhrer (as his mom likes to call him).

Again, I don't envy the mods there.

 

[Deleted member 9479]

The ANN forums can be awful but let's at least try and make the distinction between main site and the forums. The staff are generally really great.

 

[Morlas]

Another thing that attracted the vicstans to troll on the ANN forums was the fact that they were one the first big sites to broke out the story about Vic's harassment over the years, so his brigade flocked in there with multiple accounts to defend the honor of the fuhrer (as his mom likes to call him).

Again, I don't envy the mods there.

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lol they do understand that Bradley was a bad guy right? Not to mention the real life connotations of being given that title.

 

[FormatCompatible]

The ANN forums can be awful but let's at least try and make the distinction between main site and the forums. The staff are generally really great.

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Yes, that's basically my point here. Any site that has people like Jacob Chapman and Lynzee Loveridge on their staff is good in my book.

And again, the mods seem to be good people too, but sadly any idiot can easily create a account.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

I'm a chat room with someone who's defending Vic and calling Monica Rial "Moronica" ....I don't want to get in trouble because I have good relations with some of the chat members but this person is REALLY starting to push my last nerve.

 

[Deleted member 3058]

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Damn. Literally every time I learn something new about Vic's personal life it paints him out to be even more of a scumbag than I thought possible.

 

[TSSZNews]

.........There are people on the ANN site saying this will bankrupt Funimation.

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If the anti-SLAPP dismissal doesn't work and this drags on for months/years, it well may force Sony to consider offloading Funi.

I'm 50-50 on whether the SLAPP motion will work because my understanding of the law in Texas is that it's more regarding free speech against the government - the question will come down to whether Mignogna's allegations are a "matter of public concern", and because he hasn't been charged with a crime, I'm not sure that's a lock. The court basically has to determine whether Vic is a public figure and then make a call from there.

 

[Sanchoco]

Damn. Literally every time I learn something new about Vic's personal life it paints him out to be even more of a scumbag than I thought possible.

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That's the thing about this whole lawsuit

The majority of lawyers who dunked on the initial filing had no idea who Vic was until the Vic stans decided to defend him. That's when lawyers decided to look into it and learned how really bad this whole thing is.

The Vic stans are their own worst enemies

 

[Primus]

The court basically has to determine whether Vic is a public figure and then make a call from there.

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Luckily enough, Law Twitter and Vic's own words have pretty much cemented the public figure argument in favor of Vic being one.

 

[Morlas]

If the anti-SLAPP dismissal doesn't work and this drags on for months/years, it well may force Sony to consider offloading Funi.

I'm 50-50 on whether the SLAPP motion will work because my understanding of the law in Texas is that it's more regarding free speech against the government - the question will come down to whether Mignogna's allegations are a "matter of public concern", and because he hasn't been charged with a crime, I'm not sure that's a lock. The court basically has to determine whether Vic is a public figure and then make a call from there.

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it's kind of difficult to argue that someone who regularly attends conventions to sign autographs for fans isn't a public figure

 

[mbpm]

That's the thing about this whole lawsuit

The majority of lawyers who dunked on the initial filing had no idea who Vic was until the Vic stans decided to defend him. That's when lawyers decided to look into it and learned how really bad this whole thing is.

The Vic stans are their own worst enemies

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"It's best to avoid fights that you will not only lose, but will look foolish losing."

 

[Slayven]

If the anti-SLAPP dismissal doesn't work and this drags on for months/years, it well may force Sony to consider offloading Funi.

I'm 50-50 on whether the SLAPP motion will work because my understanding of the law in Texas is that it's more regarding free speech against the government - the question will come down to whether Mignogna's allegations are a "matter of public concern", and because he hasn't been charged with a crime, I'm not sure that's a lock. The court basically has to determine whether Vic is a public figure and then make a call from there.

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Sony isn't going to get rid of Funi, worst case they offer a settlement. But they seemed to be going hard to the paint instead

 

[CrichtonKicks]

If the anti-SLAPP dismissal doesn't work and this drags on for months/years, it well may force Sony to consider offloading Funi.

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On what basis? Gawker and Hulk Hogan? If it drags on too long then Funi would just settle and move on. This is not remotely as big of a deal as VicStans would like to believe even if Funi were to lose.