Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet On Set’ Producers Over Investigation Discovery Limited Series For “Falsely Implying He Sexually Abused” Child Stars
01.05.2024 - 20:45
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Embattled producer Dan Schneider is fighting back against Quiet on Set, Investigation Discovery’s explosive limited series that promised to delve into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic kids’ television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, the lawsuit accuses Warner Bros, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures and producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz of defamation. You can read the lawsuit here.
After the series dropped, Schneider apologized for his behavior that was depicted Quiet On Set and vowed to hold himself accountable for how he acted on his Nickelodeon shows. He taped a 19-minute interview that was posted on You Tube, in which he says “watching over the past few nights was very difficult. Me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and I regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology.”
Now, Schneider wants the series to be held accountable, too. In the lawsuit, the one-time hitmaker called the series a “hit job” that destroyed his “legacy and reputation.” The limited series that was a ratings boon for ID did reveal how to two child sexual abusers did work on his shows — dialogue coach Brian Peck and former production assistant Jason Handy — but Schneider claims in the suit that he had “no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in their abuse.”
“No doubt defendants will endeavor to obfuscate what this lawsuit is about by point to what they did get right — and Schneider will be the first to admit that some of what they said are true,” the lawsuit states. “At times, he was blind to the pain that some of his behaviors caused certain colleagues, subordinates, and cast members. He will regret and
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