Fired X-Males ’97 Creator Beau DeMayo Responds to Marvel

The dispute between Marvel Studios and X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo—who was abruptly removed from the show in March, simply previous to its Disney+ premiere—has a brand new replace. At the moment, DeMayo spoke out towards his former bosses, denying the allegations that led to his firing and leveling his personal criticisms. It’s not an uncommon subsequent step in a back-and-forth between events in dispute with one another, however what is uncommon is the truth that DeMayo aired his grievances through OnlyFans.

Though OnlyFans markets itself as a broad subscription platform for quite a lot of web content material creators, it has developed a popularity as a website for sharing express and softcore sexual content material. DeMayo beforehand used the platform throughout his time working at Marvel to share non-explicit photographs of himself; though the web page was introduced down sooner or later after his exit, DeMayo has revived the web page to handle his authorized disagreement with Marvel.

Based on Deadline, DeMayo streamed a 30-minute response on OnlyFans earlier right now by which he claimed, “The rumors being unfold round me on-line are lies, and they’re offensive, however extra regarding is that they’re a smear marketing campaign designed to discredit my credibility in an effort to cowl up the egregious prejudicial misconduct stretching from choose crew members on X-Males ’97, all the way in which all the way in which to the highest at Marvel Studios.”

DeMayo additional asserted that “being homosexual, Black, and open about it at Marvel Studios” was a notable think about his sudden departure. As Deadline reported, DeMayo stated right now that “the offenses Marvel and others have leaked are designed to distract you from what actually offended them … All the things they’ve finished since then has been designed not simply to silence me and smear me, however to crush me and to remind me to know my position.”

Deadline additionally notes that DeMayo’s lawyer is looking for to have “an allegedly ‘unlawful non-disparagement provision’ faraway from the author’s exit package deal paperwork,” claiming that Marvel has eliminated DeMayo’s title from the credit for the upcoming second season of X-Males ’97 after he spoke out following his firing. It quotes the submitting as follows: “DeMayo, who intends to element his prior employment with Marvel through OnlyFans, bore witness to and endured rampant discriminatory and harassing conduct throughout his years-long tenure with the Firm. Effectively conscious that DeMayo possessed copious data relating to Marvel’s illicit and unsafe employment practices, the Firm sought to silence DeMayo as a part of his pressured ouster.”

(Deadline’s publish notes that Disney had but to answer the commerce’s request for a remark; io9 has additionally reached out to Disney, and can replace ought to we get a remark in response.)

The truth that OnlyFans is the place DeMayo plans to present additional updates would be the strangest wrinkle right here. As famous earlier, DeMayo’s account has beforehand been non-explicit; he’s now utilizing it as a solution to monetize his bulletins, type of like a weblog that’s behind a paywall. What do you make of this selection, given the circumstances and context?

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