Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is suing producers of the documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” for defamation.
The 58-year-old TV exec made a public apology for his behavior after the documentary first aired. “Quiet on Set” included interviews with Schneider’s former colleagues telling stories of a toxic workplace and what they saw as questionable actions.
“Watching over the past two nights was very difficult — me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in late March, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
The new lawsuit states that while he takes responsibility for his actions, “Quiet on Set” was “a hit job” which insinuated that Schneider “sexually abused the children who worked on his television shows.”
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