Dan Schneider Responds To Lori Beth Denberg’s Misconduct Claim

‘All That’ alum Lori Beth Denberg has accused Dan Schneider of sexual misconduct, and the previous Nickelodeon producer has now addressed these claims.

These claims from Denberg come months after the documentary ‘Quiet On Set: The Darkish Facet Of Youngsters TV’ was launched, which featured former Nickelodeon forged and crew who detailed their expertise working with the community.

Lori Beth Denberg is talking out, detailing her expertise working with Dan Schneider. In a brand new interview with Business Insider, the previous ‘All That’ actress recalled an incident the place Schenider known as her into his workplace and confirmed her p-rn.

In 1995, close to Denberg’s nineteenth birthday, Nickelodeon’s well-liked comedy collection ‘All That’ concluded its inaugural season. Denberg, a standout among the many present’s forged, was then reportedly talked to by a feminine producer about her weight.

After Schenider realized of the incident, he reportedly was livid and advised the Nickelodeon actress that he ought to have had that dialog along with her as a result of he understood what it was wish to be chubby. Denberg mentioned that originally when she met with Schneider, she appreciated his concern and help, however earlier than she knew it, the dialog modified, resulting in one thing sexual.

In keeping with Denberg, Schneider introduced up p-rn on his laptop and confirmed her clips, together with the “grand finale” of a girl performing oral intercourse on a donkey.

“I really feel like that’s the first time he preyed on me,” Denberg advised Enterprise Insider.

Throughout her time on ‘All That,’ which lasted from 1994 to 1998, Denberg claims she was put in a number of conditions that made her really feel uncomfortable.

She advised the outlet that he verbally attacked her throughout shoots, uncovered her to grownup content material a number of instances, and even engaged in phone-based sexual actions. In hindsight, Denberg mirrored on how she now finds the ability dynamic unsettling, contemplating his place of authority as somebody over a decade her senior.

It reportedly began with frequent telephone calls the place they’d repeatedly focus on sexual matters, however as soon as she started spending late nights at Schneider’s residence, generally sleeping over, they’d give one another massages, and Schneider performed p-rn on his laptop.

However issues then allegedly turned sexual after the 2 watched ‘Jeopardy!’ and Denberg misplaced a wager. The loser was supposed to provide the winner a therapeutic massage, however Schneider took issues additional and reportedly touched and put his mouth on her breasts.

Trying again on the alleged incident, Denberg mentioned she “could not have been extra inexperienced.”

“I could not have been extra susceptible,” she advised Enterprise Insider.

In an announcement to Enterprise Insider, Schneider mentioned Denberg’s accusations are “wildly exaggerated and, generally, false.”

“As I’ve beforehand acknowledged, there have been instances, significantly within the early years of my profession, that I made errors and exhibited poor judgment as a frontrunner,” he mentioned. “If I did that with respect to Lori Beth, I sincerely apologize to her. However I can not apologize for issues I didn’t do.”

“Watching over the previous two nights was very troublesome. Me going through my previous behaviors, a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse, I positively owe some individuals a fairly sturdy apology,” he mentioned. “I want I might return, particularly to these earlier years of my profession, and produce the expansion and the expertise that I’ve now and simply do a greater job and by no means, ever really feel prefer it was okay to be an a–gap to anybody, ever.”

He has since filed a lawsuit in opposition to the manufacturing corporations behind the ‘Quiet On Set: The Darkish Facet Of Youngsters TV’ docuseries.

As detailed by The Blast, allegations in opposition to Schneider throughout his tenure with the community consisted of a spread of behaviors, together with making a poisonous office, partaking in verbal abuse, displaying racism, displaying favoritism, and fascinating in inappropriate conduct in the direction of younger actors, which had been all talked about in ‘Quiet On Set.’

“Whereas it’s indeniable that two bona fide little one sexual abusers labored on Nickelodeon reveals, it’s likewise indeniable that Schneider had no information 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,” the lawsuit, obtained by The Blast, acknowledged.