Reported by Buzzfeed:
The Disturbing Secret Behind An Iconic Cartoon | Buzzfeed | March 29, 2018
Robyn Byrd and Katie Rice were teenage Ren & Stimpy fans who wanted to make cartoons. They say they were preyed upon by the creator of the show, John Kricfalusi, who admitted to having had a 16-year-old girlfriend when approached by BuzzFeed News. ...
... Although sexual abuse allegations against Kricfalusi have never been made public before, his relationship with Byrd has been an open secret within animation — so open that “a girl he had been dating since she was fifteen years old” was referenced briefly in a book about the history of Ren & Stimpy. Tony Mora, an art director at Warner Bros., and Gabe Swarr, a producer at Warner Bros., worked alongside Byrd at Spumco. The male artists said stories of how Kricfalusi sexually harassed female artists, including teenage girls, were known through the industry. “It’s always been there,” Mora said. Moreover, Kricfalusi made his fixation on teenage girls plainly obvious in his art, even as he worked on animated projects for the likes of Cartoon Network, Fox Kids, and Adult Swim. In an interview with Howard Stern in the mid-’90s, the radio host asked him about a character in the comic book anthology the cartoonist was then promoting. Stern called Sody Pop “a hot chick with big cans and nice legs.” Kricfalusi responded with a smile: “She’s underage, too.” ...
Picked up by other outlets, here are a couple of them:
Report: ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Creator Preyed on Teenage Girls | Daily Beast | March 29, 2018
‘Ren & Stimpy’ Creator John Kricfalusi Accused of Preying on and Sexually Harassing Teenage Girls | IndieWire | March 29, 2018
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carmencita ago
Kricfalusi's attorney's response to to the Buzz Feed Article
“The 1990s were a time of mental and emotional fragility for Mr. Kricfalusi, especially after losing Ren and Stimpy, his most prized creation. For a brief time, 25 years ago, he had a 16-year-old girlfriend. Over the years John struggled with what were eventually diagnosed mental illnesses in 2008. To that point, for nearly three decades he had relied primarily on alcohol to self-medicate. Since that time he has worked feverishly on his mental health issues, and has been successful in stabilizing his life over the last decade. This achievement has allowed John the opportunity to grow and mature in ways he’d never had a chance at before.”
We know what he is doing. He is passing this pedophile's actions as a mental illness problem. It is not. This is not anything that can be corrected with medication or therapy. This is ingrained and cannot be turned around. He is a pedophile.
Sackajahweeda ago
Call the waaaaaaahhmbulance people he had depression. So does plenty of the planets inhabitants and they arent KID FUCKERS!!
eucalyptus_spearmint ago
They're probably depressed BECAUSE they are pedos. Knowing you're doing great harm to someone isn't good for the ol' self esteem.
carmencita ago
Yeah, well we are suppose to get our hankies out and have a Big Old Cry for this Perverted Scumbag because he has had depression probs. Yeah, half of this country.
ninjajunkie ago
Briefly dated a 16 year old? Who wants to bet that 'brief time' was about 2 years?
carmencita ago
Yeah, right. And those pics of the girls on his laptop? How long do you think those have been there too. The fact that he already has his lawyer lying for him speaks volumes. They have been lying to themselves for a lifetime so why not us.
ninjajunkie ago
The lies will never stop. These perverts can't face themselves much less the truth. Personally, I'd offer every pedophile a choice; castration with a red-hot knife or the noose. Second time is the noose, no option.
DeathToMasonsASAP ago
You nailed it. Continued evidence that those involved with the cabal are bonded together through crime the rest of society is repulsed by. And that people know, but they are above the law. They do not arrest themselves.
carmencita ago
Yes, people know but the problem is that I think people also know they will get off and not get nailed. That is what fuels there constant slaps on the wrist sentencing. Too many are helping these pedos get off Scot Free.
Mad_As_Hell ago
Oh he’s a reformed pedo 🙄🙄🙄
The same people who peddle this nonsense are the ones who castigate Pence for his alleged support of gay conversion therapy. Can't have it both ways.
carmencita ago
Some people are having problems in this thread understanding that 16 is not an adult. At least, when a 16 yr. old meets up with a sexually experienced adult they are not able to hold off advances, due to being INexperienced. They can't handle it. Thus older men love young children for that purpose. They have very little self esteem as the girl said in the article and are Ripe for Grooming. Something pedophiles know all too well.
Mad_As_Hell ago
Yup, and the fact these girls were 14 and 15 (and looked a lot younger) when he began grooming them should ring alarm bells for those claiming they were "of age"
carmencita ago
This disgusting pervert showing those pics to others also shows what a low life scumbag he is. The ones that stood up for him while he did these things in the office, make me sick too. Now they are stepping up, where were they when they were kids and being groomed? What a sick place to work.
rooting4redpillers ago
Yes! Exactly, but of course that’s what his attorney will say. Wash, rinse, repeat.
carmencita ago
The running excuse. Really, these guys need to know that more and more people are waking up to the fact that pedophilia is a heinous act and also that it cant be cured. They just keep singing the same old song.
testeverything ago
Lets keep in mind multiple Nazi leadership figures married 16 year olds.
Let's not forget Hitler's 16 year old french girl friend towards the end of WWI with which he had an illegitamate son named Jean-Marie.
carmencita ago
I am keeping it in mind, and yes he too was a pedophile if he and Nazi figures married 16 yr. olds. Who is supporting Hitler? Not I. I would never compare Kricfalusi to Hitler but regarding their choice in women, yes they were way too young and that is wrong. They are both disgusting perverts.
testeverything ago
A lot of people here unfortunately do support Hitler so I like to mess with them. It's not too young. For milenium that was how courtship worked. It's only in the last 80 years we've had a problem with it and it's a little bit strange when people are violently protective a moral only 80 years old and try to shun people for pointing out the reality of the situation. Its very Salemesk when there is a new moral scare and a side is so sure they are right they can't listen to other people. There is a difference between rape and not rape and there is a difference between a child and what we have unfortunately labeled to be children.
This non-equivelency is important because when the moral enforcers fail to recognize this distinction you lead men like Anthony Wiener, a general sex addict, to end up working with and protecting actual child human trafficers and abusers like the clintons.
chrisman01 ago
So they admitted it was true.
Frankly I'm not surprised. The original Ren and Stimpy was fucked up. No way its creators were sane.
carmencita ago
I never watched it, but heard of it. But of course with all the posts and all the other articles I have read on line I know the background of these scumbags especially Shneider and know that Kricfalusi is in the same ball park. Adult Naked Swim, or whatever, it does not sound like anything kids should be watching anyway. This is why we have the problems we have today. Parents are thinking of their kids as little adults. They are not.