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Beau DeMayo, the creator of the Marvel Animation sequence X-Males ‘97 who was fired in March simply weeks earlier than the present’s premiere, has hit again on the studio that accused him of “egregious” misconduct.
Final month, Marvel put out an announcement saying that DeMayo had been let go “following an inner investigation.”
“Given the egregious nature of the findings, we severed ties with him instantly and he has no additional affiliation with Marvel,” the studio stated.
Now, Selection studies that DeMayo has responded with a 30-minute video he posted on Wednesday (September 4) to his OnlyFans profile.
“These allegations of egregious misconduct are false,” says DeMayo within the video.
“They’re offensive,” he continues. “However extra regarding is that they’re a smear marketing campaign designed to discredit my credibility to be able to cowl up egregious prejudicial misconduct stretching from choose crew members on ‘X Males ’97’ all the way in which to the highest of Marvel Studios.”
DeMayo alleges that he witnessed numerous types of misconduct whereas engaged on X-Males ‘97, in addition to throughout his time as a screenwriter on the long-gestating Blade reboot.
Within the video, DeMayo goes on to assert that he has “the receipts and eyewitnesses” to show misconduct, and hopes to relay them privately to Marvel and Disney “in order that these accountable are capable of obtain what I used to be not a full and honest investigation away from the general public eye.”
“That is me making an attempt to do the fitting factor,” he says. “And that is Marvel’s probability to do the identical.”
The Impartial has approached Marvel Studios for remark.
Throughout his time engaged on X-Males ’97, DeMayo had commonly posted tidbits concerning the present on social media, along with topless pictures of himself.
Earlier than he was fired in March, DeMayo had reportedly already begun unfastened discussions about season three’s storylines along with his workforce. He had additionally been scheduling press appearances and was making ready to attend the present’s Los Angeles premiere.
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It isn’t uncommon for Marvel, or any studio, to half methods with writers. Nevertheless, it’s rarer for prime creatives on a Marvel mission to cancel press and miss a premiere so immediately, per The Hollywood Reporter.
DeMayo was first employed by Marvel in November 2021. His hiring was celebrated by followers and others within the business as a number of of the X-Males ’97 characters and storylines he wrote had been influenced by his identification as a Black homosexual man.
