CBR

  • Broly voice actor Vic Mignogna suffered a major legal blow in court on Monday. 1 / 8

  • The voice actor had filed a series of defamation lawsuits against two other voice actors and one of their fiancees... 2 / 8

  • as well as Funimation, the anime dubbing and distribution company that the actors all worked for. 3 / 8

  • Mignogna's defamation lawsuits and his tortious interference claims all failed. 4 / 8

  • The defendants all counter-claimed that Mignogna's lawsuits were SLAPP suits. 5 / 8

  • SLAPP suits are lawsuits designed to shut up critics by forcing them to spend money defending themselves. 6 / 8

  • The court agreed that the suits were, in fact, SLAPP suits and ruled Mignogna must pay their legal fees plus sanctions. 7 / 8

  • The total in fees and sanctions comes to $238,042.42. It goes up if Mignogna appeals and loses. 8 / 8