California prosecutors have dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, who created the Cartoon Network animated series Rick and Morty and provided the voices of the show's two title characters.
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The two felony counts involving a former girlfriend were dropped "due to a lack of sufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt," The Orange County District Attorney's Office said.
Roiland responded to the dismissal on Twitter: "I have always known that these claims were false - and I never had any doubt that this day would come."
He said he was "disappointed that so many people were so quick to judge without knowing the facts, based solely on the word of a bitter ex trying to bypass due process and have me 'canceled'."
Roiland, 43, had been awaiting trial on charges of corporal injury and false imprisonment by menace, fraud, violence or deceit against the woman, who he was living with at the time. She was not identified in court documents.
The charges dated to May 2020 but they apparently went unnoticed by media outlets until NBC News reported on them in January this year.
Roiland and Dan Harmon created the animated sci-fi sitcom about a mad scientist and his grandson, both voiced by Roiland.
It has aired for six seasons on Cartoon Network and has been renewed for a seventh.
Adult Swim and Cartoon Network cut ties with him when the charges were reported and said his roles would be recast.
20th TV Animation and Hulu Originals, which produce two other animated series Roiland worked on, did the same.
In his tweet, Roiland said he was "determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name".
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