TW: Mentions of Grooming and P*dophilia
It really does suck when a project that you have been supporting for the last couple of years goes down the drain this quickly because some of the major staff working on it decided to willingly keep a p*dophile on the team despite being told and shown evidence by a MINOR who was also voice acting for the project that he was grooming a FIFTEEN year old, and then have the gall to make fun of and treat both the victim and the person who told you these concerns as the villains..... Sozzay and Tako (Directors of Project Eden's Garden) kept this shit secret for FOUR FUCKING YEARS and didn't do anything about it.
Multiple members of the P:EG team have stepped down from the project after the allegations came out and almost half of the voice actors have also stepped away from their roles (Damon, Toshiko, Eloise, Wenona, Wolfgang, Cassidy, and Tozu's voice actors *UPDATE: Kai and Desmond's voice actors have also stepped down from their roles; SECOND UPDATE: Jean's voice actor just stepped down from voicing him* have confirmed to be stepping down from their roles). I myself will no longer be supporting the game and project for as it is, and i will most likely not in the later future.
To the victim of this god awful man, I'm so sorry you went through this ordeal and I'm extremely heartbroken that you were constantly ignored and dismissed by the adults who knew about this and did nothing. I hope you have a better support system now with people who care about your well-being.
To Aji (Toshiko's former VA), thank you for speaking up for the victim and trying to get help, and I'm so sorry that no one tried to listen to you. I support you in your future endeavors and I can't wait to see what you'll do next.
To Sozzay and Tako, and I say this wholeheartedly, FUCK YOU. Like actually, fuck you guys. You kept a fucking p*dophile as a voice actor when multiple other voice actors were also minors, dismissed and made fun of the allegations, called the people who were reporting this the "villains" and you were more concerned about a sprite getting leaked then a fucking predator. I honestly hope you guys never get hired to another project after this.
