Mike Smith, the actor famous for playing Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys, has been charged with sexual assault.
According to court documents filed in Nova Scotia provincial court, Smith was charged on Oct. 2 in Halifax in relation to an alleged assault that occurred on Dec. 30, 2017 in Dartmouth, N.S.
According to a statement from Trailer Park Boys Inc., Smith has "stepped away" from his role as managing director of the company.
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discosnails@lemmy.wtf · 30 pts · 300d
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 300d
The article is confusing, at the end it says
So charges were dropped and the victim said it was a misunderstanding, but he's going to court anyway?
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 300d
It’s referring to an earlier incident in 2016 in LA.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 299d
Oh okay. The way it was written was a bit confusing.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 300d
Yeah, I'm a typical terminally online dude so I don't usually read the article. But I did this one cause of my fondness of the show. I am so very confused as well.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 300d
There’s been rumors but now I guess I have another show I love that I can never watch again
Eldritch@piefed.world · 23 pts · 300d
Nope, because then you are hurting people who weren't involved.
As a fan of several shows, Graham Linehan was involved with, I don't stop watching them just because he was involved with them. I still really enjoy them and the cast's interactions and want to support them. The cast weren't involved or enabling his behavior. He's generally and rightfully a pariah and persona non grata in his home country and field. As he should be.
As long as the rest of the boys didn't enable, ignore, or perpetuate his behavior. No reason to punish them as well. Or any of the others that worked on the show and might live off residuals. It might change your feelings of the character in old episodes. And if you don't want to deal with it. You feel what you feel. And that's not wrong. But the show is a group effort, more than a single person.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 10 pts · 300d
I remember Linehan blaming the LGBTQ+ community (in more onerous words) for his wife leaving him.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 300d
"Method acting"
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com · 23 pts · 300d
Bubbles is an infinitely better person than Mike Smith
frongt@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 300d
What? Bubbles is the most wholesome character in that show.
TRBoom@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 300d
Smartest guy in the trailer park.