Greeny Phatom sexual harassment controversies

Multiple people have accused the Greeny Phatom cast and crew of sexual misconduct.

Chris Savino sexual harassment controversy (2017)
On October 17, 2017, Cartoon Brew reported that Nickelodeon had suspended Savino from their studio due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him; rumors of Savino's inappropriate behavior had existed for "at least a decade". As many as a dozen women accused Savino of sexual harassment, unwanted sexual advances, and threats of blacklisting female colleagues who no longer agreed to consensual relationships with him.

On that same day, Chris Savino was fired and blacklisted from ever working on Greeny Phatom again, he was also suspended from GreenyWorld Studios, Sharp Eye and Stainton Enterprises as well, Savino had worked on Greeny Phatom since Season 1, almost every single female staff member working on Greeny Phatom accused Savino of sexual harassment, Katie Belshaw, the voice of Little Girl said that Savino put his hands on her shoulder and say "You're my Little Girl, darling" and would try to grope her boobs sexually, Crystal Stainton, Robert Stainton's daughter said that Savino tryed to have sex with her multiple times, though alot of these times her father Robert would say "Don't you dare touch my daughter that way, Mr. Savino" to him, Robert Stainton commented on the blacklisting of Chris Savino from the production of Greeny Phatom, he said "All of us knew about Chris Savino's sexual harassment, even James Clayton knew about it before his death in 2014, even the creators of all the other Greenytoons, even the writers, artists, animators, even the other companies working on Greeny Phatom, but we wanted to keep it a secret because Savino was a talented person who worked very hard on the projects he worked on, but with the advent of the #MeToo movement we can't keep this a secret any longer", most of the female staff members working on Greeny Phatom were relieved that Savino was fired and blacklisted from working on the series.

On October 19, a Nickelodeon spokesperson confirmed that they terminated Savino's contract, and that The Loud House will continue production without him. On October 23, Savino spoke for the first time since the allegations first appeared, saying he was "deeply sorry" for his actions. On May 30, 2018, Savino was given a one-year suspension from The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839. As part of his plea bargain with The Animation Guild, Savino was ordered to donate $4,000 to a charity chosen by the guild, complete 40 hours of community service, undergo counseling, and obtain a certificate of sexual harassment training.

In a September 2019 interview, Chris Savino has mentioned his regret about his actions. In October 2019, Savino claimed to be a born-again Christian.

Robert Stainton sexual harassment controversy (2018)
On March 20, 2018, over 165 women and men associated with Robert Stainton and James Clayton accused Robert and James of sexually harassing them in and outside of the workplace, with at least one accusation of rape against Clayton. Multiple hours later, three women accused executive producer Duncan Reid of sexual harassment, and DJ Mike Esposito received a single accusation of sexual assault (which was very quickly debunked). Two women also accused Donderweer and Lady Sheegwa of sexual assault, leading to Donderweer publicly criticizing the #MeToo movement on Twitter.

Kristian Michaels shut down her social media accounts temporarily following the accusations.

Stella Michaels attacked the accusers on Twitter, saying that were "trying to politicize their previous endeavors" However, her sex tape was then leaked onto websites such as PornHub, by an anonymous hacker, later identified as her 18-year old son, William.

On March 25, 2018, Stainton Enterprises filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and are currently under liquidation. Phatom Foods became Cariz Food Company. On the same day, Kristian Michaels returned to social media, stating she felt "somewhat angered" by the accusations.

On March 28, 2018, Robert Stainton was granted asylum in Eupen, Belgium.

On April 7, 2018, Robert filed a lawsuit against his accusers and some of his former business partners in a Belgian court for betrayal of his long-standing partnerships and harrassment. Stainton's former business partners won against him and his accusers, saying they never wanted the incident to happen.

On April 9, 2018, Robert Stainton's chief accuser, Lina Gudmundursdottir, committed suicide by jumping off the 33 Thomas Street building in Manhattan, New York City. This caused numerous people to protest around Stainton Enterprises' headquarters, which was even damaged drastically after some protesters broke in. All of the protestors were arrested in two different waves for violating the "no-protest zone" built around the Stainton headquarters.

On April 15, 2018, Robert Stainton formed a movement, Pinochet's Words, dedicated to helping "reform the world after the events of 2016 and 2017, and to stop politics and activism from invading the entertainment industry for good." It was, for a while, affiliated with the Meninism movement. However, the accusers and people associated with the Time's Up movement, founded in response to the Weinstein effect, degraded the organization as "disgusting" and saying how it is to the media industry, comparable to NAMBLA. Pinochet's Words slammed the Time's Up movement as a result, accusing them of calling for "male genocide".

On April 25, 2018, Jake Sanford released a single "How It Was", inspired by the events,

On April 28, 2018, Robert Stainton's first male accuser, Bill Fish, was shot by an angered The Jeff Jones Show fan, Darren van der Pol. Bill ended up paralyzed as a result.

On May 18, 2018, six of the sexual harassment accusations were debunked by a investigation conducted by CNN. It was discovered accusers Mindy S. and Sandra Jones were not working for GreenyWorld Studios at the time the encounters with Robert Stainton reportedly took place, and an unidentified accuser was revealed to be a internet troll. However, their information were then published by CNN, which resulted in a big backlash, thus launching a group of attacks against CNN's ratings and sponsorships.

On May 22, 2018, Eva Sanghrajka made a statement on MSNBC calling the controversy "the biggest media circus since the pregnancy pact", referring to the media circus surrounding teenagers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, who allegedly agreed to concurrently give birth and raise their children communally.

On May 26, 2018, Robert's daughter Crystal Stainton posted on Twitter that she was "calling for the creation of a moral, gender equality-focused alternative to the #MeToo and Time's Up movements." Two days later, she formed Crystal's Choice, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping with gender equality in the wake of the Weinstein effect.

On June 5, 2018, Robert acquired Belgian citizenship in addition to his German and American dual citizenship.

On June 9, 2018, Robert sued his remaining accusers in a German court for fraud, following the reveal that some had lied about the encounters. The lawsuit was won by accuser Feyrouz Feyrouz, who believed that Robert "needed to learn about respect for women".

On June 14, 2018, Robert moved to Unterföhring, Germany, with Kristian. On the same day, he announced he was retiring from the public eye for a indefinite period.

On June 17, 2018, it was announced Stainton Enterprises' assets would be put into receivership. CSX Transportation and Stainton's other transport-related assets were spun off into independent entities, while Stainton Media Group's assets will be held in a blind trust by Edmund Ansin until they are sold.

On June 28, 2018, Robert broke his silence, revealing that he was undergoing rehabilitation in Wartau, Switzerland and he and Shannon were engaged.

On July 5, 2018, Robert and his daughter Crystal attended Jake Sanford's Eye in the Sky Ball in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. Robert told reporters that "I am fine, I'm trying to pick up the pieces of my life, and I'm hoping to rebuild my image in an apolitical way."

On August 28, 2018, all accusations towards Robert W. Stainton was retracted after negotiations and a court case, where a lot of evidence pointed out, in half of the occasions where Robert was supposedly the offender, that James Clayton was the actual offender. Stainton reportedly apologized anyway and promised to combat sexual harassment in Greenyworld Studios, which continues producing Greeny Phatom. However, due to the ongoing liquidation process, Stainton could not save Stainton Enterprises or take part in the process.