Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty as nicely as Solar Opposites, faces two felony home costs in a 2020 case.

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Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty as nicely as Solar Opposites, faces two felony home costs in a 2020 case.

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Rick and Morty co-creator and star Justin Roiland is going through two felony costs associated to an alleged home violence incident from 2020, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NPR.

Roiland, 42, was charged in Orange County, Calif., two years in the past for the alleged incident that occurred in January of that yr, the grievance states.

There have been latest pretrial hearings within the case, and a consultant for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office informed NPR Roiland’s subsequent listening to is April 27.

NBC News, which first reported the charges, says Roiland was arrested and launched on a $50,000 bond in August 2020 and arraigned in October of that yr. He pleaded not responsible.

Neither an lawyer nor a publicist for Roiland instantly returned NPR’s request for remark.

He is going through one felony cost of home battery with corporal damage. This is for allegedly hurting an unnamed sufferer whom he was relationship. He has additionally been charged with false imprisonment. The courtroom doc lists the sufferer as Jane Doe.

NBC additionally stories a protecting order was additionally filed in 2020 that stops Roiland from going inside 100 toes of the alleged sufferer.

Roiland is finest recognized for creating Rick and Morty with Dan Harmon in addition to voicing the titular characters. The grownup animated present follows the adventures of scientist Rick Sanchez and Morty, his grandson, throughout the multiverse. It first aired on Adult Swim in 2013. The present’s sixth season wrapped in December.

Roiland additionally co-created Solar Opposites, one other animated present that airs on Hulu. The present was renewed for a fifth season in October.