Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

[Android raptor]

1) It was an innocent tease.
2) Kick Vic made a shit-ton of hay about it.

Yeah nah asking an eight year old what she's doing after the contest as an adult isn't an innocent tease. If it was keffals instead of Vic that was the host and said those things, how would you feel?

 

[The Weed Wizard]

1) It was an innocent tease.

Hey yo FBI? This one right here.

 

[White Girl]

Vic should have taken the L before and put that time and money into his new project. It’s not like he doesn’t have fans.

 

[Tism the Return]

Seems like dubbros...can't take any dubs.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

1) It was an innocent tease.
2) Kick Vic made a shit-ton of hay about it.

You're responding to someone who defends exposing children to drag queens because of "muh fundies", and is literally the exact same kind of mentally ill fujoshi who would both create these rumors and propagate them.

Stop that.

Vic should have taken the L before and put that time and money into his new project. It’s not like he doesn’t have fans.

"he should have just actually grifted that money"

As a matter of fact, which "L" are we talking about?

 

[Stoneheart]

our cow betsy just died and we can no longer milk this....
very sad.

 

[BubbleButt]

2) Kick Vic made a shit-ton of hay about it.

I get it, because Monica has horse teeth, right?

 

[ThinkThankThunk]

It's genuinely difficult to illustrate just how empty this lolsuit was on Vic's part in retrospect. I distinctly remember one of the last big Nick streams until now on the subject was him and his nuthuggers trying to convince themselves that Vic was back and bigger than ever because he was in some college short film project. The guy goes from a starring role as one of the biggest characters in the first or second most profitable animated series Japan has ever produced, to being extra #8 in a kid's school assignment. His largest work since the lolsuit started has unironically been showing up on a livestream.

Outside of Kiwi Farms and whatever is left of Vic Kicks Back or whatever the opposing hashtag was Vic is a literally who, which when googled is immediately outed as a serial sex abuser. Unjustly? Maybe so, but while Ty and his firm were bumbling morons who had no right touching anything Vic had 3 years to do anything to better involve himself in his own case. The appeals being denied was assured from the word go for anyone who was actively following the case with a critical eye.

The biggest tragedy in this loss is that it took so fucking long that almost all of the weebs who cared have long since moved on, denying me my salt mining. Even the shitposts I had prepared for this outcome were lost in a hard drive failure ages ago, and even if I still had them I don't even think anyone would remember what the esoteric references were given how little this whole endeavor amounted to.

Vic should have taken the L before and put that time and money into his new project. It’s not like he doesn’t have fans.

I maintain that if he wanted to litigate he should have stuck with his original attorney, who was both a woman and had actual experience with defamation. Nick schmoozing onto Vic so he could convince him to hire a very close family friend instead with the intention of being able to get him onto his show as a guest is the real tipping point for where Vic simply should have looked at the mounting bills and refocused his efforts elsewhere.

Ty is a fat, blithering real estate lawyer who's tactics consisted of asking the dang Keewee Farms to fuck with the defendants, wearing funny shirts, and handing his sloppy homework in late. The money from the GoFundMe would have been substantially better off being used to start some small scale studio away from the stink of the Texas recording scene than paying him for his terrible work.

 

[T_Holygrail_Jesuschrist 2]

Well, its finally over.


Oh wait, you mean the court case? I thought you were talking aboot Dem werb waas

 

[Eggplant Wizard]

So now Vic has to appeal it again to the highest court? Was it dismissed with prejudice? If not, can’t he just get someone else that isn‘t a massive screwup? I mean, it looks like he equipped the wrong lawyer for this and should probably get apply for a change of council if he hasn’t already. I’m behind on the details of this one.

That said, I hope while the KV crowd are taking their victory laps, they trip and reveal something funny along the way.

 

[Focken Kiwi]

So is Ron still an agent of Funimation?

 

[PickwickPub]

How about the Vic Lasagna fans do something productive for once and crowdfund a big malpractice lawsuit against Ty Beard for being a colossal fuckup and incompetent moron?

Lasanga really should sue Ty for his horrible legal work in this case. He had no business taking it.

 

[Android raptor]

You're responding to someone who defends exposing children to drag queens because of "muh fundies", and is literally the exact same kind of mentally ill fujoshi who would both create these rumors and propagate them.

Stop that.


"he should have just actually grifted that money"

As a matter of fact, which "L" are we talking about?

Meanwhile ZDD out here defending adults hitting on prepubescent children lol

Even if he was trying to make a joke and wasn't serious it was still wildly inappropriate, and Vic's middle aged ass should've known better.

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

Sadly this was the likely outcome. Even if he got past the "businesses are god" mentality in the courts, having the wrong sex/race/religion/sexuality would have made this an uphill battle from the start. Especially given the nature of the dispute.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

So now Vic has to appeal it again to the highest court?

The Supreme Court (state or federal) is usually for a minority of cases that involve constitutional questions. Vic's loss is the product of a fatally defective response rather than, say, the constitutionality of Texas' anti-SLAPP laws.

Was it dismissed with prejudice?

It was dismissed with prejudice to begin with-- the appeals court upheld that conviction.

That said, I hope while the KV crowd are taking their victory laps, they trip and reveal something funny along the way.

They've revealed themselves to be more than merely laughable in 2019 alone-- incidentally, so did many ISWV types, probably over a longer timeframe.

Sadly this was the likely outcome. Even if he got past the "businesses are god" mentality in the courts, having the wrong sex/race/religion/sexuality would have made this an uphill battle from the start.

It wasn't about any of that. The appeals court decision was a painstaking elaboration on how they lacked an effective counterclaim to the TCPA because they found it proper that Chupp didn't consider improperly submitted evidence. To a much lesser degree, Vic was unnecessarily charitable in his deposition (e.g. when asked about whether he grabbed Jamie Marchi's hair, a more proper answer than what he in fact gave would have been "Jamie Marchi is fat and I would not have sex with her").

 

[Devaluated Autist]

i would feel like a titanic moron for sending gifts to Ty Beard...i wonder how the general is gonna cope with this

 

[Dumb Bitch Smoothie]

1. Funimation doesn't exist as a brand anymore, but their internal structure is wearing a Crunchyroll skinsuit.
2. Vic is part of Anime Matsuri Studios (or AM Studios) now. They've said they are working to get some series to dub.
Frankly, I'm more concerned about how they will distribute their product,

Daily Wire attempts to distribute anime arc inbound, I'm standing by this prediction until I am proven wrong, late and gay.

our cow betsy just died and we can no longer milk this....
very sad.

There have been many lolcalves birthed from Betsy, we're good to keep milking.
Now that Ron and Monica can't blame Vic for their marital issues I bet the remote will make a 2022 comeback.

 

[Smithfield Ham]

Look at the mighty wave of weens coming in to celebrate this non-victory! Its like a pride parade right on your forums!

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered numerous times, so I'll take my nice collection of clocks, but is Vic now on the hook for the defendants' court costs? And can he afford it?

Sorry, just that finding stuff on this thread for a casual observer like me is a huge pain.

 

[Divine right to rule]

So is Ron still an agent of Funimation?

Chupp was upheld on every count except fees, so yes.