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“The Last of Us” video game voice actress Ashley Johnson filed a civil lawsuit this week against her ex-fiancé Brian Foster for domestic violence, assault, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other alleged violations. Six other women also joined the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court — their allegations against Foster also include sexual battery.

In a statement provided to TheWrap, Bryan Freedman, lawyer for Ashley Johnson and the 6 other plaintiffs said, “The police officer who reviewed the evidence was so concerned for Ashley Johnson’s safety that he went on his own to a judge to get an immediate emergency protective order against Brian W. Foster. Since then, six additional women have come forward. This lawsuit is filed to both remedy the abuse Foster has inflicted on my seven clients as well as to prevent others from being victimized by Foster’s pattern of mental, emotional and physical abuse.

The Last Of Us actor Ashley Johnson has sued her ex-boyfriend and Critical Role star Brian W. Foster alleging sexual battery, stalking and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other charges. Six other women joined the graphic civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“Fueled by chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol, Defendant Brian Wayne Foster has, for the last decade, demonstrated a disturbing pattern and practice of chilling and depraved behavior towards women,” according to the lawsuit. “The women unfortunate enough to have crossed his path were subjected to a common thread of physical and sexual violence as well as mental and emotional abuse. Foster has left a trail of victims whose lives he sought to control through various lies, threats, intimidation, and manipulation.”

One of the plaintiffs is Johnson’s sister, Haylie Langseth, who alleges in the lawsuit that she was groped and harassed by Foster,...

Actor Ashley Johnson — star of the popular web series “Critical Role” and video game franchise “The Last of Us” — has filed a lawsuit against Brian Foster, her ex-boyfriend and former “Critical Role” castmate, alleging domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, gender violence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil rights violations.

The suit was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, with seven female plaintiffs — six named, including Johnson and her sister, Haylie Langseth, and one Jane Doe — alleging misconduct by Foster over “the last decade” that was “fueled by chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol.”

In the suit, Johnson alleges that her relationship with Foster began in October 2012 and he moved into her home soon after. By 2015, she alleges that, “on a nearly daily basis,” he would go into “a violent fit,” which included “breaking glass, punching through glass doors, breaking a gate, slamming doors, and getting in...

The Last of Us star Ashley Johnson, who voices the protagonist Ellie in the popular PlayStation video game series, has filed a lawsuit against Brian Foster, her ex-boyfriend and a former fellow castmember of the Dungeons & Dragons-themed web series Critical Role, alleging physical and sexual violence, as well as mental and emotional abuse.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, features a total of six named female plaintiffs, including Johnson, and one anonymized female plaintiff. The complaint accuses Foster of domestic violence, sexual battery, assault, stalking, civil rights violations, gender violence and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. The allegations stem from behavior over the last decade and cite Foster’s “chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol” as fuel for a “disturbing pattern and practice of chilling and depraved behavior towards women.”

“Foster has left a trail of victims whose lives he sought to control through various lies,...