Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is reacting after ‘All That’ actor Lori Beth Denberg not too long ago accused him of sexual misconduct.
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Former ‘All That’ Star Lori Beth Denberg Comes Forward With Allegations Against Dan Schneider
On Tuesday, May 14, Business Insider printed an unique interview with Denberg. During the dialog, Denberg defined that she starred in ‘All That’ between 1994 and 1998.
Additionally, she alleged that the primary time Schneider “preyed” on her was in 1995 when she was 19 years outdated.
Denberg defined that, on the time, she was known as to Schneider’s workplace. Eventually, the dialog between them allegedly shifted to him exhibiting her clips of pornography. One of which allegedly included a lady performing oral intercourse on a donkey.
“I feel like that is the first time he preyed on me,” Denberg informed the outlet.
According to Denberg, throughout her time at Nick, Schneider “lashed out at her on set, played porn for her on multiple occasions, and once initiated phone sex.”
On one event when Denberg was round 20 or 21, Schneider allegedly “fondled and put his mouth on her breasts.” Additionally, one night, whereas she was out to dinner with Nick writers, employees, and Schnieder, he allegedly identified how her breasts have been completely different sizes.
The actor informed the outlet she by no means stopped Schneider’s conduct out of concern he would retaliate towards her by interfering together with her profession or humiliating her on set.
“I couldn’t have been more green. I couldn’t have been more vulnerable,” she informed the outlet.
Furthermore, Denberg alleged that round 2000, she spoke with Nick execs about Schneider’s alleged therapy of fellow star Amanda Bynes. At the time, Denberg was involved about Bynes wanting “emaciated and exhausted on the set of ‘The Amanda Show.’”
“I felt like I tried to help her — to help Amanda, and couldn’t,” she recalled.
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After Denberg shared her concern for Bynes, she was allegedly barred from the present’s set.
“Nobody thinks it is their responsibility [to protect the people working at Nickelodeon],” Denberg informed the outlet. “[Instead, higher-ups act as if employees] should thank them for the privilege — and it’s just absolutely disgusting.”
Dan Schneider Reacts To The Allegations
According to Business Insider, Schneider responded to Denberg’s accusations, calling them “wildly exaggerated.” Additionally, Schneider referred to Denberg’s claims as “in most cases, false.”
Schneider reiterated that he made “mistakes and exhibited poor judgment” in his early profession at Nick. However, he can’t apologize for acts he didn’t commit.
“As I have previously stated, there were times, particularly in the early years of my career, that I made mistakes and exhibited poor judgment as a leader,” Schneider reportedly informed the outlet. “If I did that with respect to Lori Beth, I sincerely apologize to her. But I cannot apologize for things I did not do.”
According to Variety, Schneider additionally shared a separate assertion with the outlet the place he alleged that the creator of Business Insider’s article, Kate Taylor, was a producer within the not too long ago launched ‘Quiet On Set’ docuseries.
“[The fact she] would pursue allegations regarding what may have happened between adults nearly thirty years ago — only a week after I filed a defamation lawsuit accusing ‘Quiet on Set’ of being intentionally false and misleading — seems more than coincidental,” he informed Variety.
IndyStar studies that Schneider filed the lawsuit on May 1 towards Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures. The former Nick producer’s attorneys reportedly declare that the “false statements and implications” shared within the ‘Quiet On Set’ docuseries about Schneider “destroyed” his “reputation and legacy.”
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As The Shade Room beforehand reported, the four-part docuseries aired in March. During the present, former Nick star Drake Bell revealed he was sexually assaulted at fifteen years outdated by the corporate’s dialogue coach, Brian Peck.
In addition to Bell’s revelation, ‘Quiet On Set’ explored claims that Schneider sexualized the kid stars and maintained a hostile work setting. In the next weeks, quite a few Nick stars added extra claims towards Schneider whereas the relations of others got here to his protection.
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