California prosecutors on Wednesday dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, who created the Adult Swim animated series "Rick and Morty" and provided the voices of the show's two title characters.
Orange County district attorney's spokeswoman Kimberly Edds said the two felony counts involving a former girlfriend were dropped "due to a lack of sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Roiland responded "I have always known that these claims were false — and I never had any doubt that this day would come," he said. "I'm thankful that this case has been dismissed but, at the same time, I'm still deeply shaken by the horrible lies that were reported about me during this process."
Roiland, 43, had been awaiting trial on charges of corporal injury and false imprisonment by menace, fraud, violence, or deceit against the woman, who he was living with at the time. She was not identified in court documents.
The charges dated to May of 2020, but they went unnoticed by media outlets until NBC News reported on them in January of this year.
Adult Swim and Cartoon Network cut ties with him when the charges were reported and said his roles would be recast. 20th TV Animation and Hulu Originals, which produce two other animated series Roiland worked on, did the same.
In his tweet, Roiland said he is "determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name."
