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- Apr 15, 2019
I knew their damage control article was coming soon. Just a few excerpts and my thoughts.
Beard missed his deadline by a matter of minutes but what was filed would feed into a new round of rumors and speculation about the talent working at Funimation; at least until Monday, when Beard followed up with a notice to withdraw all three notarized affidavits due to "defects in form" - and the court judge ruled against his motion to strike the defense's evidence. – The judge ruled on a motion from July, this was completely unrelated to the weekend filings.
“did not attempt to upload the files to the court system until 12:15 a.m” – This was when the error was kicked out, not when the upload started.
Anime News Network spoke with multiple former employees of Funimation regarding Huber's claims about the licensing company's allegedly sexually charged environment and the allegations against Sabat brought forth in Huber's affidavit. All the former employees denied any knowledge of a "casting couch" involving Sabat or anyone else working at Funimation. – But, just because he didn’t implement the casting couch for a few employees, doesn’t mean that he didn’t for others.
They also took issue with Huber's statement that he is "intimately familiar with the work environment at Funimation" and said that the conversations Huber mentioned would be unlikely to occur at the Funimation offices due to how voice acting is conducted within the building. – So, why did Sony issue a “No Hugging” policy in 2017?
and while employees did sometimes hook up, it wasn't "an epidemic." – So, you admit to a “hook up” culture.
A former Funimation employee who spoke with Anime News Network stated that they never saw the video but would not be "surprised" if it were true. – Google, do you use it? It is everywhere.
Schemmel was the subject of recent controversy involving the leak of decades old audio recordings where he can be heard repeating a homophobic slur as the voice of Goku. Funimation declined to comment on the nature of how the audio was leaked, where the recordings originated, or if the parties involved were ever reprimanded. – So, how do you know it was decades? BTW, “Decades means more than one. As in “at least 20 years”. I find that doubtful.
Huber is also on-record as a believer in the Flat Earth conspiracy theory. – WTF does this have to do with anything?
although Mignogna previously admitted to grabbing Marchi's hair in his own sworn deposition on June 26 – Wrong. He clearly “objects” to the term “pull”. Anyone watching the video sees this.
although it is unclear if Mignogna was informed that he was "cancelled" by previous conventions or blacklisted and not invited back without his knowledge. – “cancelled” means he was contracted to go to a convention, and then cancelled. This is different from being blacklisted. Oh, and there are many voice actors that get blacklisted.
ANN continues to be the CNN of anime reporting I see...