Dan Schneider is taking producers of ‘Quiet on Set’ to courtroom — claiming they defamed him by falsely portraying him as a toddler sexual abuser at Nickelodeon, and ruining his fame.
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 Pictures Television and others — for falsely implying he sexually abused the kid actors who labored on his exhibits again within the day.
Dan’s attorneys do not mince phrases … blasting “Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV” as a “hit job.” As , Dan created “The Amanda Show,” “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 go well with claims the defendants tried to lump Schneider into the identical bucket as 2 different convicted youngster intercourse offenders who labored on among the Nickelodeon exhibits. He says the defendants did all of it for “clickbait, scores, and views — or just put, cash.”
As his attorneys put it, “Schneider had no data of their abuse, was not complicit within the abuse, condemned the abuse as soon as it was found and, critically, was not a toddler sexual abuser himself.”
Dan goes on to assert ‘QOS’ used deceptive statements and enhancing strategies within the trailer and several other episodes to falsely create the impression he was a pedophile. For occasion, 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 minimize to a “True Crime Event” graphic … falsely implying the producer had dedicated a criminal offense towards youngsters. The go well with claims producers intentionally ignored individuals who would undercut their narrative.
Schneider does, nevertheless, concede within the lawsuit he was blind to a few of his dangerous habits towards colleagues, subordinates and solid members … however insists such habits was not in any means related to youngster intercourse abuse.
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He tells TMZ … “Recently the docuseries Quiet on Set highlighted errors I made and poor judgment I exhibited throughout my time at Nickelodeon, most of which occurred a long time in the past throughout my early profession as a producer, engaged on exhibits for Tollin/Robbins Productions. There is little doubt that I used to be generally a nasty chief. I’m sincerely apologetic and regretful for that habits, and I’ll proceed to take accountability for it.”
Still, he says he had no alternative however to take authorized motion … stating the docuseries is an try to mislead viewers for scores.
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 youngster predators have been prosecuted and convicted. I’ve no objection to anybody highlighting my failures as a boss, however it’s unsuitable to mislead thousands and thousands of individuals to the false conclusion that I used to be in any means concerned in heinous acts like these dedicated by youngster 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.