/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I don’t know how to feel about Ryan Kopf and his cons and circle of friends anymore. I’m involved with their staff team and as a result I interact with him, Erica, and others when it comes to the Midwest conventions. I had only ever heard very vague rumors about him being creepy or whatever, but this was pretty much always dismissed by my (his) friends as being false accusations and harassment towards him. But after seeing his name on the Broken Staircase spreadsheet I started looking into it and found a lot more detailed accounts of how exactly he’s bad news, including a police report about a rape. I’m really at a loss here since I have so many commitments and friends in the AnimeCon.org scene, and I also feel stupid as fuck for not actually looking into this stuff earlier. I dunno. I think part of me doesn’t want to believe it but at the same time it’s not something I can just ignore. I don’t know who else I can talk to about this either.