Dan Schneider sues Quiet on Set producers for defamation NBC4 Washington [Video]

Originally appeared on E! Online

Dan Schneider is firing back.

The “Drake & Josh” creator sued the producers of the new docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV,” which accused him inappropriate behavior on the sets of his Nickelodeon shows in the 1990s and 2000s.

In the legal documents obtained by E! News May 1, Schneider said the series falsely implied he was a child sex abuser by including him in the documentary alongside Brian Peck, who was sentenced to 16 months in prison on charges stemming from a child sex abuse case involving Drake Bell.

Schneider, 58, states he was not complicit in the abuse, “condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself.”

Schneider’s lawyers called the documentary a “hit job” against the producer, who created hit shows like “The Amanda Show,” “Zoey 101,” “iCarly” and “Victorious” before exiting the network in 2018. According to the …