Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ for Falsely Painting Him as Child Sex Abuser

https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/01/dan-schneider-sues-defamation-quiet-on-set-docuseries/

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  2. The documentary was kinda malicious in that it made Dan out to be more than just a creepy and controlling guy.

    There’s actual child rapists who are of the “open secret” status that got glossed over for the only name people recognise.

  4. He might win. It’s a risk these documentaries run when they have a story they want to tell and frame things specifically to tell it. I see a lot of that in documentaries these days “here’s our angle, let’s present everything to support it”

    Fact is, there’s a difference between being creepy, controlling, or even an asshole and being an actual child sex abuser. YouTube super cuts showing what seems to be his obsession with kids feet isn’t concrete evidence he was sexually abusing children.

    Reading Jeanette McCurdy’s book… it’s clear yeah The Creator was weird, manipulative, controlling and shady. I wouldn’t want my children around him. But yeah… you need more than that if you’re going to paint him the way the documentary did.

  5. Some of the commenters on this post are running defense for Schneider or falsely claiming that the doc claimed he was a child molester (which the series went out of its way to debunk). Creepy ass people trying to get Schneider off the hook in total bad faith. Shame on you.

  6. Creep, maybe, but this series was shady by the folks who produced it. They want eyeballs and ratings, which they got it.

    That Brian Peck and the Execs are to blame. Dan is being used as an scapegoat.

  7. …then they bring out Amanda and the prosecution rests.

  9. Did they, though? I thought they painted him as more of a gross creep toward kids rather than someone who full blown sexually abused children.

  10. Well, I can’t wait for part 2 where they show the rest of the shit that comes out during the trial

  11. Most ppl came away thinking he was gross and cruel—which was on camera. 

  12. I don’t think the doc ever said he was one himself. But he surely gave those people a HUGE platform and easy access to children and failed to protect those children. If you’re a showrunner working on children’s tv your TOP PRIORITY should be child safety. Also maybe don’t make the child actors massage you idk

  13. Hope he’s prepared to answer some hard questions in court.

  15. Is Harvey Levin gonna be front and center with Dan Schneider? Or will Levin go back to writing articles about the abused Britney Spears?

  17. It sounded like the documentarians did their due diligence and allowed Schneider to respond to many of the allegations. They even aired his responses in writing to many of the claims Schneider disagreed with. This really sounds like a SLAP suit.

  20. They portrayed him as an abusive misogynist, not a child sex abuser.

  21. Can we see the evidence he has for this bc I don’t think he was ever accused of sexual crimes or sexual abuse

  23. The content he made suggested it more. If it was even possible to make himself more gross, he just did it.

  24. Having actually watched the documentary, I think he very well may have a case here. It doesn’t appear he abused anyone. He was certainly negligent, even creepy, but negligence and/or creepiness is not sexual abuse. Lumping him in with Brian Peck misconstrues who exactly did what but the producers knew a Brian Peck focused docuseries wouldn’t have gotten the same attention so they led with Dan Schneider instead.

  25. Defamation lawsuits never go anywhere. This is a nothing-burger.

  26. I’ve always thought he was a creep..he gonna sue me next?

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