Clarence Creator Skyler Page Out Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

When sexual assault allegations from a co-worker apparently uncovered a pattern of abusive behavior toward numerous women, Clarence creator Skyler Page is out at Cartoon Network, according to Cartoon Brew.

"Skyler Page is no longer an employee at Cartoon Network Studios," confirmed a rep for the animation network Thursday.

The scandal started to unfold earlier this week via social media, when other Cartoon Network animators outed Page as having been accused of groping a female co-worker despite her protests, and claimed that he had a reputation for having done so to others over a long period of time. His accuser, Adventure Time storyboard artist Emily Partridge, stayed out of it at first, dealing with human resources at Cartoon Network, but once Page's name was public and those advocating for her started to receive abusive responses from fans online, she outed herself as the victim.

"This Skyler Page fiasco everybody is talking about happened to me," she tweeted. "You can stop hounding my friends for 'proof.'"

Page's defenders cited a history of mental illness as a reason that he should not be singled out or publicly shamed, but Partridge and others close to the situation responded that going public with these stories is the way to help others be aware fo the danger an individual presents and avoid being victimized themselves.

Other animators past and present are calling out Page as someone with a history of bad behavior toward women; his only defender -- and even that is heavily qualified -- is Jeff Rowe, who claims to be a personal friend to Page and the inspiration behind one of the characters on Clarence.

"What happened was horrible, but the tone of the online conversation is painting Skyler as a calculating predator," Rowe blogged. "I don't deny what happened, but based on my experience, his actions were the result of a tragic bipolar (potentially schizophrenic) episode, and don't reflect the thoughtful, considerate, kind hearted person I've always known him to be."

Rowe further claimed that after parting ways with Cartoon Network, his friend is in a mental hospital receiving treatment for the condition.

Page also worked as a storyboard artist on Adventure Time prior to creating Clarence, which debuted in February to 2.3 million viewers. The series was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy in September.

One contributor to the discussion, former Clarence Head-of-Story Patrick Harpin, claims that he quit in no small part becuase of Page's pattern of behavior toward women and claims the show would be fine without him since he didn't do much work on it. Commenters claiming to have knowledge of the situation dispute his allegations.

Page was a writer, artist, executive producer, and the star of the show, voicing the titular character. There's no word yet from the network on the future of Clarence.