Dan Harmon apologizes for "distasteful" 2009 baby doll rape video -- Adult Swim calls sketch "offensive" but won't reprimand him

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The Rick and Morty co-creator, who deleted his Twitter account after the old video resurfaced during Comic-Con following James Gunn's firing from Disney's Guardians of the Galaxy, said in his apology: "In 2009, I made a ‘pilot’ which strove to parody the series Dexter and only succeeded in offending. I quickly realized the content was way too distasteful and took the video down immediately. Nobody should ever have to see what you saw and for that, I sincerely apologize." Adult Swim released its own statement saying, while it found the video offensive, Harmon won't be punished for the resurfaced video. “At Adult Swim, we seek out and encourage creative freedom and look to push the envelope in many ways, particularly around comedy,” the cable network said. “The offensive content of Dan’s 2009 video that recently surfaced demonstrates poor judgement and does not reflect the type of content we seek out. Dan recognized his mistake at the time and has apologized. He understands there is no place for this type of content here at Adult Swim.”