Dragon Ball Super Voice Actor Monica Rial’s Initial Story Remains Consistent
Spencer Baculi July 17, 2019 Anime
Monica Rial Cites Issues with Mignogna’s “Delivery” During Deposition For Ongoing Defamation Lawsuit
Following Ron Toye and Vic Mignogna, Dragon Ball Super voice actor Monica Rial has given her deposition in the ongoing defamation lawsuit brought against her by Mignogna.
Giving her deposition to Carey Christie, a member of the Beard Harris Bullock Huges law firm and Mignogna’s legal team who was chastised during Toye’s deposition by Rial and Toye’s attorney Casey S. Erick, Rial’s deposition begins with a standard discussion of Rial’s background, with Christie confirming facts presented by Rial, such as her work history and social media accounts. While discussing Monica Rial’s employment with Funimation, Rial notes that Funimation does not regularly provide employees with updated company policies (1:18:13)*:
*Please note that all transcripts have time codes which correspond to the below deposition video, provided by Nick Rekieta.
An Issue for Funimation
According to attorney Nick Rekieta, who has been streaming the depositions of all parties involved in the lawsuit exclusively on his
YouTube channel, this could be an issue for
Funimation, as:
Later in the deposition, Rial recalls, through tears, the alleged hotel room assault perpetrated upon her by Mignogna in the mid-2000s (1:42:29):
Rial’s recollection remains consistent, while providing more details, with the story
first presented by Rialon her Twitter account.
Monica Rial Addresses Mignona’s Delivery
Concerning Mignogna’s behavior and alleged actions of sexual harassment towards Rial, Rial identifies that it is not necessarily the face-value actions which give her pause for concern, but rather Mignogna’s “delivery.” This is first mentioned when Rial discusses how certain ‘pet names’ Mignogna would call her made her uncomfortable (1:53:24):
It is cited again as Rial recounts the infamous “jelly bean” story and is asked by Christie if she laughed during this interaction (1:58:12):
Christie goes on ask Rial to confirm a Tweet she had made wherein she referred to Mignogna as “
the legal definition of harassment,” to which Rial confirms she did tweet it, but that the message was miscommunicated due to a typo (2:38:00):
Monica Rial reinforces her claim that she does not want to “ruin Vic’s life.” She notes that she does not know “how or if it’s damaged” but knows that she “participated” in this effect upon his life. While Rial believes Mignogna could return to the industry if he “would apologize, seek counseling, and seek help […] and laid low for a while,” she also states that she would support Mignogna losing his career in the pursuit of a safe work environment: