The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Jonathan Rees, also referred to as Greg Ellis, on a number of costs. A report by WBNG states that Rees turned himself in on the Sheriff’s workplace when requested, earlier than being “processed, arraigned, and launched”, and can seem in courtroom at a later date to face the fees. Rees is thought for his position as Cullen Rutherford within the Dragon Age collection, showing first in Dragon Age: Origins, in addition to Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition.
The costs in query pertain to an unnamed girl, cited in courtroom paperwork as Jane Doe. They allege Rees of “providing a false instrument” (that’s, a false doc, type and so forth) within the first diploma, in addition to “illegal surveillance within the second diploma”. Other costs embrace making a false written assertion, perjury, aggravated harassment, coercion, and “illegal dissemination or publication of an intimate picture”.
Doe is alleged to have been in a relationship with Rees between 2016 and 2022, earlier than breaking apart with him and reducing off all contact—the paperwork accuse Rees of threatening Doe with “references to self-harm and exposing express content material of Doe to a big viewers”. The paperwork additionally accuse Rees of sending “illicit pictures” of Doe to her family and friends.
The report additionally states that in 2022 Rees “testified in open courtroom and admitted to his try to make use of ‘revenge porn’ to extort Doe”—in response, a restraining order was put in place. The paperwork later state that Rees tried to intimidate a third-party witness, and threatened on social media to disclose Doe’s id as retaliation.
Rees has a historical past of controversy, comparable to this 2020 video that includes an in-character rant (as Cullen Rutherford) decrying the “mental glitterati” and the “#metoo” motion and asking followers to “plant their flag in opposition to cancel tradition”—earlier than responding (once more, as Cullen Rutherford) to posts on social media levelled in opposition to Rees. While a lot of his later tweets aren’t accessible anymore, Rees additionally publicly burnt bridges with Mark Darrah when he left Bioware that very same 12 months, calling him “a disloyal, duplicitous company pretend”.
Despite this try and—and I’m quoting that video, right here—”have me, and my voice actor Greg Ellis tossed into the cancel tradition wastelands”, Rees has starred in videogame roles as lately as 2023, voicing a handful of roles in Hogwarts Legacy, and has additionally made appearances on tv and animation.
