Dan Schneider is Suing the Makers of Quiet on Set

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Six weeks aft Investigation Discovery released its docuseries Quiet connected Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Dan Schneider — the writer, producer, and erstwhile king of Nickelodeon archetypal programming — is suing the web for defamation.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Schneider’s suit was filed contiguous successful Los Angeles Superior Court and accuses the makers of Quiet connected Set, an exploration of the toxic and sometimes abusive situation astatine Nickelodeon during the 2000s, of performing a “hit job” connected Schneider. “They went beyond reporting the information and falsely implied that I was progressive successful oregon facilitated horrific crimes for which existent kid predators person been prosecuted and convicted,” Schneider said successful a connection astir the makers of the series.

Quiet connected Set was widely viewed erstwhile its episodes rolled retired successful March connected Max, a streaming work that gave the ID doc an aerial of prestige it whitethorn not person possessed otherwise. It besides generated tons of headlines, successful portion due to the fact that it featured the archetypal nationalist admittance from actor Drake Bell that helium was sexually abused by Brian Peck, a dialog manager Bell worked with portion starring successful The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh, but besides due to the fact that of the airy it shone connected Schneider’s behaviour astatine Nickelodeon.

In the 4 archetypal episodes and a 5th bonus one, Schneider is portrayed arsenic an unreasonable and often cruel brag who, among different things, allegedly forced 1 of his pistillate writers to unreal she was being sodomized successful the writers’ country portion pitching an idea, pressured immoderate staffers to springiness him massages connected set, and inserted sexually suggestive scenes into programs that were expected to beryllium for children. Several of the actors and writers who worked with Schneider look successful the docuseries and talk on-camera astir experiences they allegedly had oregon witnessed that look to corroborate those accounts. While Quiet connected Set suggests Schneider created a permissive and escaped ambiance wrong Nickelodeon, it does not accidental helium engaged successful the benignant of predatory behaviour for which Peck was yet convicted.

In the contiguous aftermath of Quiet connected Set’s debut, Schenider recorded a 19-minute video interrogation with BooG!e, 1 of the stars of the Schneider-created iCarly, successful which helium apologized for overmuch of his past behavior. “I decidedly beryllium immoderate radical a beauteous beardown apology,” helium said successful the video, which was shared online. He besides cried portion discussing the maltreatment that Bell experienced and emphasized that immoderate scenes deemed suggestive successful shows like Sam and Kat were signed disconnected connected by different adults progressive successful the productions. At nary constituent successful the video does helium suggest that the bid defamed him.

Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Max, Maxine Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, is besides named successful the suit, THR reports, which seeks unspecified damages and a tribunal bid that volition necessitate producers to either edit portions of the docuseries oregon region it from streaming completely.