It’s a truly regrettable time for English voice over artists. It pains me to bring this news, however, it must be heard.
Scoff Freeman (England in Heltalia: Axis Powers, Kagari in Psycho-Pass), a well renowned voice actor was arrested for possession of child pornography in April 5, 2014. After accepting a plea bargain, which included a no jury trial, on July 30, 2015 Freeman pled guilty to eight counts of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to three years in a Texas state prison, with his existing previous sentence.
Child pornography, as defined by Texas Penal Code, states, “the person knowingly or intentionally possess visual material that visually depicts a child younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made who is engaging in sexual conduct.” This crime is considered to be a third degree felony, and is taken extremely seriously by law enforcement.
Funimation Entertainment swiftly replaced Freeman as the voice of Issei for the High School DxD BorN broadcast dub in May.
Funimation’s comment on Freeman’s conviction:
In May of 2015, FUNimation became aware of the legal matter involving Scoff Freeman, at which time we suspended our relationship with Scott. In the wake of recent news, we have permanently ended the relationship. Any other questions should be directed to Scoff Freeman directly.
Source: Anime News Network, NDAA
