• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland has been charged with domestic violence

Home> News

Published 01:42 13 Jan 2023 GMT

Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland has been charged with domestic violence

He faces up to seven years behind bars if he's convicted.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland has been charged with domestic violence offences.

NBC says Roiland's felony domestic violence charge is based in Orange County, California and relates to an alleged incident back in 2020.

A criminal complaint was filed in May 2020 by the Orange County District Attorney and Roiland pleaded not guilty to one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit.

Advert

There have reportedly been more than a dozen pre-trail hearings since the charges were filed.

Roiland attended his first pre-trial hearing this week.

The alleged victim hasn't been named in the documents and NBC says it was a woman Roiland was dating at the time.

The 42-year-old was released on a $50,000 bond back in August 2020 and was arraigned in October 2020.

Advert

That October was also the month where a protective order was filed, according to the New York Post.

The order required Roiland to stay at least 100 feet away from the person he's been accused of assaulting.

The Rick and Morty co-creator was also told 'to turn in any firearms he owned or possessed'.

He's bound by these requirements until October 2023.

Advert

An official trial date for the case hasn't yet been set.

Deadline states Roiland could face up to seven years behind bars and 'hefty fines' if found guilty.

The 42-year-old is required to attend a scheduled hearing on April 27.

UNILAD has approached Rouland's talent agency, UTA, for a comment.

Featured Image Credit: dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo. Adult Swim.

Topics: Rick and Morty, News

Stewart Perrie
Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

X

@stewartperrie

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

24 mins ago
an hour ago
  • 24 mins ago

    Amanda Bynes explains heartbreaking reason why she's decided to start taking Ozempic

    Amanda Bynes regularly updates her fans on Instagram

    Celebrity
  • an hour ago

    Bride shot dead while leaving her wedding party as authorities release tragic details

    The woman's husband and a teenage child were also said to be injured in the ordeal

    News
  • an hour ago

    NASA Voyager reaches the edge of our solar system and makes unprecedented discovery that humans will never be able to see

    This discovery marks a major milestone for the space agency

    News
  • an hour ago

    People are pointing out 'weak' and 'scared' way Trump addressed the nation after Iran strikes compared to other presidents

    Donald Trump addressed the nation after the US bombed three of Iran's nuclear sites

    News
  • Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland dropped from other shows following domestic abuse charge
  • New voice actors for Rick and Morty have finally been revealed
  • New voices for Rick and Morty revealed in new season 7 trailer
  • Rick and Morty fans have already found the ideal replacement to voice the lead characters