Dan Schneider files lawsuit against Quiet on Set producers
Dan Schneider files lawsuit versus the producers of bombshell documentary Silent on Set: The Darkish Facet of Young ones Tv set.
Peaceful on Established: The Dark Facet of Youngsters Tv set was a bombshell documentary collection which set the spotlight on the poisonous and disturbing life style driving the scenes at Nickelodeon for the duration of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Specific emphasis was paid to Dan Schneider, the producer at the rear of a lot of of Nickelodeon’s greatest hits all through that time, but he’s battling back once again with a lawsuit from the producers of Silent on Set.
While Dan Scheider has apologized for the behaviour that was depicted on Peaceful on Set, he feels that the documentary sequence has wrecked his “legacy and standing” by alleging that he was a sexual abuser. The documentary found that dialogue coach Brian Peck and former generation assistant Jason Handy have been kid sexual abusers, with Peck serving 16 months in prison for sexually assaulting Drake Bell. Although Scheider has not been accused of any sexual abuse, he thinks the documentary indicates that he was possibly involved or understood about the crimes devoted by Peck and Useful.
“A brief though ago the docuseries Silent on Established highlighted difficulties I produced and inadequate judgment I exhibited in the course of my time at Nickelodeon, most of which transpired a lengthy time in the previous for the duration of my early vocation as a producer, undertaking the job on reveals for Tollin/Robbins Productions,” Scheider pointed out in a statement. “There is no doubt that I was from time to time a adverse leader. I am sincerely apologetic and regretful for that conduct, and I will carry on to just take accountability for it.“
Scheider ongoing: “Even so, just after seeing Quiet on Set and its trailer, and the reactions to them, I sadly have no option but to just take lawful motion towards the people driving it,” he continued. “In their productive try to mislead viewers and maximize rankings, they went previous reporting the truth of the matter and falsely implied that I was integrated in or facilitated horrific crimes for which genuine youngster predators have been prosecuted and convicted. I have no objection to any person highlighting my failures as a manager, but it is incorrect to mislead tens of millions of men and women to the phony summary that I was in any way connected in heinous acts like all these completely commited by tiny 1 predators. I owe it to myself, my loved ones members, and the a lot of excellent people today concerned in generating these exhibits to established the file straight.“
In the lawsuit, Dan Schneider accuses Warner Bros, Maxine Productions, Sony Photos, and Quiet on the Set producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz of defamation.
