Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ for Falsely Portray Him as Baby Intercourse Abuser
Dan Schneider is taking producers of ‘Quiet on Set’ to court docket — claiming they defamed him by falsely portraying him as a baby sexual abuser at Nickelodeon, and ruining his status.
The famed TV producer simply filed a defamation lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, slamming the docuseries and its creators — together with Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony Footage Tv and others — for falsely implying he sexually abused the kid actors who labored on his exhibits again within the day.
Dan’s legal professionals do not mince phrases … blasting “Quiet On Set: The Darkish Facet Of Children TV” as a “hit job.” As you already know, Dan created “The Amanda Present,” “Drake & Josh,” “Zoey 101,” “iCarly” and “Victorious” throughout his tenure at Nickelodeon … and in ‘QOS,’ he was the primary focus.
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Dan’s lawsuit alleges the docuseries used manipulative enhancing strategies to create a misunderstanding of Schneider. The swimsuit claims the defendants tried to lump Schneider into the identical bucket as 2 different convicted little one intercourse offenders who labored on among the Nickelodeon exhibits. He says the defendants did all of it for “clickbait, rankings, and views — or just put, cash.”
As his legal professionals put it, “Schneider had no information of their abuse, was not complicit within the abuse, condemned the abuse as soon as it was found and, critically, was not a baby sexual abuser himself.”
Dan goes on to say ‘QOS’ used deceptive statements and enhancing strategies within the trailer and a number of other episodes to falsely create the impression he was a pedophile. As an illustration, the lawyer factors to the trailer, the place his rise and success at Nickelodeon was tied to — what the collection described as — “one of many darkest chapters.”
The trailer then reduce to a “True Crime Occasion” graphic … falsely implying the producer had dedicated a criminal offense towards youngsters. The swimsuit claims producers intentionally ignored individuals who would undercut their narrative.
Schneider does, nonetheless, concede within the lawsuit he was blind to a few of his dangerous habits towards colleagues, subordinates and forged members … however insists such habits was not in any method related to little one intercourse abuse.
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He tells TMZ … “Not too long ago the docuseries Quiet on Set highlighted errors I made and poor judgment I exhibited throughout my time at Nickelodeon, most of which occurred many years in the past throughout my early profession as a producer, engaged on exhibits for Tollin/Robbins Productions. There is no such thing as a doubt that I used to be typically a foul chief. I’m sincerely apologetic and regretful for that habits, and I’ll proceed to take accountability for it.”
Nonetheless, he says he had no selection however to take authorized motion … stating the docuseries is an try to mislead viewers for rankings.
He provides … “They went past reporting the reality and falsely implied that I used to be concerned in or facilitated horrific crimes for which precise little one predators have been prosecuted and convicted. I’ve no objection to anybody highlighting my failures as a boss, however it’s fallacious to mislead tens of millions of individuals to the false conclusion that I used to be in any method concerned in heinous acts like these dedicated by little one predators.”
Dan is suing for defamation and in search of unspecified damages — together with punitive — claiming he has suffered psychological misery and monetary losses because of the docuseries.
