Dan Harmon deletes Twitter account after his 2009 video featuring baby doll rape resurfaces

Dan Harmon has taken himself off Twitter following the resurfacing of a video he made which features a scene depicting the rape of a baby doll. The video, a five-minute comedy pilot titled "Daryl," was posted in 2009 on Channel 101. "Daryl" spoofs Showtime's serial killer drama "Dexter." The scene features Harmon's character climbing through a window, pulling down his pants, and rubbing his genitals on a baby doll lying on a couch. In the introduction to the video, Harmon appears on camera warning viewers the pilot is "controversial." Harmon's video resurfaced online during Comic-Con weekend, in which he was attending the event with his fellow "Rick and Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland. The video earned backlash on social media for making light of child rape.

source: Article 'Dan Harmon Deletes Twitter Account After His 2009 Video Featuring Baby Doll Rape Resurfaces' by Zack Sharf; www.indiewire.com/2018/07/dan-harmon-deletes-twitter-account-fake-baby-rape-video-1201987089/; IndieWire; 23 July 2018