Justin Roiland, co-creator and star of Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites and executive producer of the just-released Koala Man, has been charged with felony domestic violence relating to an incident that allegedly took place in 2020.
What are the charges? According to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC News, Roiland, 42, is being charged with one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury and another felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud, and/or deceit. The alleged incidents are said to have occurred in January 2020 against an unnamed Jane Doe whom Roiland was dating at the time.
What happened after the accusations? Roiland was charged by the Orange County District Attorney in May of 2020. He was then arrested in August 2020, released on a $50,000 bond, and arraigned in October 2020. At that time, a protective order was filed which prohibits Roiland from harassing, threatening, or surveilling the person protected by the order, and he is not allowed within 100 feet of that person. Roiland was also ordered to turn in any firearms that he owned or possessed. The protective order lasts until October of this year.