Brian Foster: Accusations and Id Revealed

Seven ladies have filed a lawsuit in opposition to Brian W. Foster for numerous allegations of abuse.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday (October 3) in Los Angeles, with one of many accusers being Foster’s ex-girlfriend and The Final Of Us actor Ashley Johnson.

Johnson was beforehand granted a brief restraining order in opposition to Foster in Could this yr, after the couple broke up on March 25, 2023. Within the order, Johnson claimed she feared for her life following the break up, and that her household had endured abuse and “many acts of terror” by Foster over time.

As reported by RadarOnline, the request for an prolonged restraining order was dismissed by a decide in September. Foster denied all of the claims.

Who’s Brian W. Foster?

Brian W. Foster is finest generally known as the host and producer of Talks Machina, a weekly speak present which acts as a spin-off to the Dungeons & Dragons net collection Vital Position, the place a gaggle {of professional} voice actors livestream a D&D marketing campaign.

Foster additionally appeared on a number of different exhibits at Vital Position Productions, together with serving as Dungeon Grasp on UnDeadwood and showing in a number of one-shots.

Let’s all want @brianwfoster the most effective as he embarks on some wild new artistic endeavors. We have now nothing however mad love and help for our Cabbage Lord, and wish to thank him for his creativity and contributions to CR over time.

— Vital Position (@CriticalRole) August 16, 2021

After internet hosting Talks Machina since 2016, Foster departed the corporate in 2021. In a submit on Twitter on the time (since deleted), Foster wrote: “I’ve had the very best time of my life making exhibits and taking part in video games and travelling the world with my finest pals.

“I’m grateful for his or her help and encouragement as I chase my very own goals. I’m excited to simply be a Critter once more.”

What has Brian W. Foster been accused of?

Within the lawsuit filed in October (by way of Comicbook.com), Foster has been accused of home violence, intentional infliction of emotional misery, sexual battery and assault, and stalking.

The criticism, which reiterates a number of incidents referred to in Ashley Johnson’s unique restraining order, additionally alleges that Foster made “wildly inappropriate and undesirable sexual feedback” to Johnson’s sister whereas “fueled by medicine and alcohol”.

The lawsuit additionally claims Foster groped a Vital Position worker throughout a dwell occasion in 2020. One other plaintiff, in the meantime, alleges that Foster groped her and “forcibly tried to stay his palms down her pants” whereas sitting within the viewers of one other occasion in Austin in November 2019.

One other Vital Position worker claims Foster demanded specific images of her and groped her throughout a espresso run in 2019, and later tried to grope her once more in 2021.

Vital Position launched a press release to ComicBook.com following the lawsuit, which learn: “We’re conscious of the civil criticism that features disturbing particulars concerning the behaviour of one among our ex-employees, Brian W. Foster. Whereas we are able to’t get into the specifics of the lawsuit, we wish to make it clear that we had no data of any of his behaviour.

“It’s heartbreaking to us that a few of our colleagues went by this and we’re dedicated to supporting them nevertheless we are able to. We’re working with our HR workforce and our employees straight to make sure our office and tradition dwell as much as all of our expectations.”

The plaintiffs are in search of compensatory and punitive damages with the lawsuit, together with an injunction requiring Foster to not contact Johnson and her household.