First of all, do not put words into my mouth. I never once said in any of my posts that providing one or more examples automatically means every single allegation is proven false. That would be stupid and absurd. But at the same time, I'm saying it's also just as absurd to just assume every single story is 100% factual just because "they take risks by coming out." I see a lot of hypocrisy in these arguments, also ignoring that the person being accused of stuff that may or may not be true, also faces just as many, and far worse, public backlash.
The argument that "more cases means more evidence that it's true" is not something I stand by. The way society works, stories and opinions negatively snowball out of hand, and there are many more factors. People have agendas, people have apparently had it out for this guy for years. There are videos of fans intentionally being toxic with him and trapping him with questions I've seen at various cons posted on Youtube.
Here is another video highlighting a few of the other things I've mentioned, such as groups of people on the internet trying to falsify photos to make Vic look worse through photoshop as another such example, or the one I mentioned earlier about people in Facebook stealing photos and lying about the information to add more fuel to the fire:
In this same video, we see a highly suspicious Tweet by Monica Rial immediately hanging out with Vic and another voice actor at the DBZ panel, days before he was suddenly her worst enemy. Now I'm even doubting her intentions based on that Tweet alone. There's something very off about the entire thing that doesn't sit right with me.
Nothing I say is going to matter to you people because you've already let public opinion and emotions cloud your judgment on the matter, but I feel the need to do at least defend my point. While I think the title of the video here is a bit much, as nothing has been proven false either, there are points well made that people overlook. That's my problem with cases being built off of word of mouth and character shaming. A person's life can be ruined just because a few people "decide they are a creep" by posting some pictures that are taken way out of context and exaggerated. Then a chain reaction occurs where oversensitive people join in, spread rumors and nonfactual stories, and blow things out of proportion.
You talk about proof? At the very least, you mean to tell me out of all of these stories, not a single police complaint was filed? If it were one or two cases, okay, I can understand, but if he did some of these more serious accusations such as groping, molesting, whatever as many times as I'm expected to believe, you would think someone out there said something to someone, even if it was their superiors in FUNi, who are also very dubious in this entire situation for suddenly caring about it all now when they are put in under the radar. Yet this supposedly went on for decades and now suddenly in 2019 people care about it.
And numerous people (who happen to be men and women, though I refuse to treat that like it matters, because there should NEVER be an attitude of "If women say it, they could be lying, but if men say it, it must be true!")
What is the point you're trying to make in argument to what I said? You're saying it's okay to think like that toward men, but if I doubt something a woman says, OH NO, suddenly I'm in the wrong? Do you see the hypocrisy in your statement? You can literally replace the women with men in these stories and it wouldn't matter. I would feel the exact same way about it. Only, here's the thing. If they were men in those stories, unlike whatever point you're trying to make here, no one would care about it in the first place.
Adding on to what others have said, the potential negatives about coming forward with a story like this far outweigh the potential positives. If you're making it up, what do you have to gain from it? Money? Fame? Maybe if you were suing someone, which does not seem to be the case for most of these people, if any of them at all. And let's face it, in cases like these, nobody cares about or remembers the victims anywhere near as much as the perps.
Again, why should I automatically believe every one of these stories just because of the "risks" involved with coming out with them? That doesn't mean anything to me. And by the same token, as you say yourself right after, if no one remembers the victims, why is that event a point to be brought up this late in the game?
And what do people have to gain from it? I can think of things, including what you brought up, and more. Attention. Personal vendettas. Some people are just looking to be patted on the back. And I don't just mean the people behind the stories, but others hijacking them for their own agendas.
As others have said here: what kind of evidence do you freakin' need to conclude that somebody's a scumbag?
How about we don't just jump the gun and put labels on people based off of third-hand stories that may or may not be true, and try to actually let the guy defend himself. Has that ever been an option for any of you from day one? No, because you came into the situation from the getgo with the mindset that he is guilty of all accounts, never had any intention of even hearing him out, and wanted this to happen to him. And this was before the Monica Rial stuff even started. Why do we need to come to such a conclusion in the first place without listening to all sides of the stories? Why do we automatically have to make emotional decisions without questioning things? Why should we believe everything thrown at face value?
With all the accusations, as I've said on numerous posts already, I am positive that something inappropriate happened. But based on what I am seeing, I strongly believe whatever happened was inappropriate touching that may or may not have been intentional on his part, that have been grossly twisted by public perception into far more serious accusations. From start to finish, it was a situation that was set up for failure with no way out, no chances given for even an attempt to defend himself. The fact that this man lost his life, career and everything he worked for in the span of a few weeks, is telling of the age we live in and it's pretty sickening really.
A guy who is, by many, many accounts, a creeper, an asshole, and terrible to work with, was fired from his job not immediately, not on one person's say-so, but after an investigation and lots and lots of people coming forward convinced them that, yes, this guy is a piece of shit who does not deserve to be representing them. It is, indeed, not something to be celebrated that shit like this has been going on for so long and hurt so many people, and that his actions the subsequent consequences will make things harder on Funimation as they now have to recast his roles.
"Creeper", "asshole", are these seriously terms we use to shatter someone's career. If it's about being an "asshole," first of all, I can think of LOTS of people out in the world that should be fired immediately. "Creeper" is nothing but a label people throw out and it is often grossly exaggerated. And I can assure you that if you're around so many people day after day, you're going to accidentally have those awkward situations, even if you're not looking for it.
And no, regardless of whatever bullshit FUNi is feeding the public, no investigation was done. It's just them tossing someone aside because they're scared of dealing with it.