In January, news broke out that Justin Roiland, co-creator of the famous adult animated sitcom, Rick and Morty, was facing felony charges for domestic battery and false imprisonment.
Following the report, Rick and Morty's network, Adult Swim, cut ties with the producer, citing the charges as the reason. A few days following Adult Swim's decision, Hulu also released him from the television series Koala Man and Solar Opposites that he was engaged in.
In a new development, the writer and animator is now a free man as the Orange County District Attorney's office has dropped its charges against him. Kimberly Edds, the spokeswoman for the DA's office, revealed in a statement addressing the development, "We dismissed the charges today as a result of having insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt."
Although she refused to reveal them, Kimberly also claimed that the decision came after "additional information came to light."
Although news of Roiland's charges only came to light this January, the charges were laid against him in 2020 for the alleged abuse and false imprisonment of an unnamed ex. He pleaded not guilty to the charges when they first came, had a pre-trial hearing in court this January, and was set for another pre-trial hearing in April.