The Twitter account of Rachel Butera, the voice actor who plays Leia Organa in Disney Channel's upcoming "Star Wars Resiatance" animated series, has vanished.
The disappearance of her Twitter handle came after a backlash over a video Butera posted mocking the voice of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified Thursday in a highly charged Senate hearing that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her.
"I just have this kind of a voice, like a baby, even though I'm a doctor and I'm on this media circus, political stage, and I have kids myself, that I don't know why I speak with vocal fry," Butera said in the video she posted on Twitter.
It appeared along with the comment: "I can't believe this is my voice, can you???. Dr. Christine Blasey-Vocal Fry-Ford."
"I sound like I'm back at that high-school party," Butera said in the video, a reference to the 1982 incident in which Blasey has alleged she was attacked by Kavanaugh.
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As of Friday morning, Butera's account (twitter.com/RachelAButera) appeared to have been deleted.
It's not clear if Butera deleted her own account or if Twitter took action; Twitter typically does not comment on the status of individual accounts.
Reps for Butera and Disney Channel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Butera, before her Twitter account disappeared altogether, tried to backtrack and apologise for posting the Ford video.
"I was by no means mocking a rape victim I am 100 per cent on Christine Blasy (sic) Ford's side!" the 45-year-old voice actor wrote in a tweet Thursday.
"I am just a vocal impressionist and decided to imitate her voice but it was a mistake. I apologise and I believe ALL women."
Butera also voices White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in CBS's "Murphy Brown" reboot.
