Just under two years after Dan Schneider was given a green light on his Quiet on Set defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery and others, a trio of appeal judges just handed the former Nickelodeon producer a big ...
Just under two years after Dan Schneider was given a green light on his Quiet on Set defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery and others, a trio of appeal judges just handed the former Nickelodeon producer a big defeat.
What the panel did not refrain from was reversing the November 2024 ruling by LA Superior Court Judge Ashfaq G. Chowdhury denying the anti-SLAPP efforts by Warner Bros Discovery and Maxine Productions to have the iCarly creator's suit dismissed. They concluded in the 37-page order "that Schneider has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of his defamation claim."
Schneider filed the defamation suit against Warner Bros Discovery , Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures and Quiet on Set producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz of defamation soon after the disturbing Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV after the series premiered in March 2024.
At the time. Schneider insisted Quiet on Set was a "hit job" that resulted in the annihilation of his "legacy and reputation." A big hit viewerwise for ID, Quiet on Set examined two child sexual abusers who work on his shows - dialogue coach Brian Peck and former production assistant Jason Handy. In his 2024 filonmg, Schneider asserted he had "no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in their abuse."
WBD did not responded today to Deadline's request for comment on the ruling and their reversal of fortune.
The appeal was argued by Gibson Dunn attorneys before Judge Rashida Adams, Anne Egerton and Mark Hanasono n August 17. The Theodore J. Boutrous, Ilissa Samplin, Zachary Freund, and Connor Sullivan-led team of Gibson Dunn was brought on board after the defendants saw their move to get the case tossed out rejected in late 2024.
To that, the trio determined the 2024 Investigation Discovery limited series "clearly distinguishes between the lamentable conduct that its participants attribute to Schneider - gender discrimination, harassment, toxic workplace behavior, and inappropriate sexual innuendo - and the child sexual abuse explicitly attributed to three named individuals, two of whom are discussed at length.
They add: " Quiet on Set also affirmatively states that Schneider's employer investigated his conduct and, while it confirmed some inappropriate behavior, it found no evidence of child sexual abuse. Schneider's attempt to find an alternative meaning than what is expressly stated in the documentary is unavailing."
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