John Leigh Anime Matsuri

John leigh a showrunner for anime matsurithe second largest anime convention in north americais digging up his own accusations by attempting to silence a vlogger who talked about them.

John leigh anime matsuri. Animematsuri reps say they take sexual harassment and the safety of their attendees seriously but this screencap of ams ceo mocking one of the girls her husband sexually harassed sure does tell a different story. After anime matsuri 2015 john leigh the conventions event manager was accused of sexual harassment by several members of the lolita fashion community. 2020 website update in progress. Deneice leigh is john leighs wife and the ceo of anime matsuri.

The owners of anime matsuri have a history of not paying guests like japanese artist miyavi in 2009. Its also an unusual choice considering this scandal was all but forgotten. Its a bad look at any time but especially during the metoo era. Significant financial improprieties have also been alleged against the convention organizers.

Multiple women have come forward online over the past month to accuse john leigh the event manager of the anime matsuri convention of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual conduct. The furor initiated by a group calling itself boycott anime matsuri prompted leigh who runs the convention with his wife deniece leigh to post an apology for his behavior on the anime matsuri. The founders of matsuri john and deneice leigh had approached skrobarczyk a few months. I havent worked with john for very long i dont have a super extensive experience with what hes been up to for years but i hope i can give some insight.

Anime matsuri has not made an official announcement regarding the rescheduling of the event but its ceo john leigh reported on wednesday that the deadline for refunds on tickets will be extended. Cathy cat has 45k ask japanese has 160k and john leigh of anime matsuri is behind one of the top ten anime conventions in the entire country. My experience with anime matsuri and john leigh sunday june 21 2015. Spade was a guest of anime matsuri houstons most popular annual anime and japanese pop culture convention.