The former “Zoey 101” actress sues Nickelodeon for allowing abuses in production

Former American child actress Alexa Nikolas participated on Friday (8/26) in a protest outside the headquarters of the children’s channel Nickelodeon, California, denouncing the abuse she suffered while participating in the 2005 series “Zoey 101”. she, when she was about 13, until 2008.

In his protest, he cited one of the channel’s top teen series producers, Dan Schneider, creator of “Zoey 101”, “iCarly”, “Brilliant Victoria” (Victorious) and “Drake & Josh”, calling him a “creator of the ‘childhood”. trauma”.

The protest comes shortly after the release of a memoir by former “iCarly” star Jennette McCurdy, who accused someone called “The Creator” of crossing borders behind the scenes of the show. In the book “I’m Glad My Mom Died”, McCurdy called this executive “controlling and scary.”

“As a child, I didn’t feel protected at Nickelodeon,” Nickolas told the press attracted by the event. “I didn’t feel safe with Dan Schneider. Every time he came to the set, my body became extremely tense. Later in the second season, he and a group of executives made me cry in a room alone. I don’t think not. children should experience something like that, especially when it comes to people who are supposed to take care of the children on set. “

Nickelodeon ended his contract with Schneider in 2018 after the allegations led to an investigation that concluded he was verbally abusive, although he revealed no evidence of sexual misconduct.

In addition to the allegations against Schneider, Nikolas also accused other former Nickelodeon executives of failing to take the situation into account, including Fred Savage, who was the director of “Zoey 101” and was fired from the reboot of “The Wonder Years” this year. (The Wonder Years) following a misconduct investigation.

“I ask that Nickelodeon start protecting children and not predators,” added the star, now 30 years old.

Nikolas is part of the Eat Predators organization which has held a series of protests, denouncing cases of abuse in entertainment companies in California. Until last week the target was mainly labels like Sony and Warner, which despite the scandals of artists like R. Kelly, Marilyn Manson and Diplo, were not touched by the complaints of the #MeToo movement and, therefore, made few changes to protect women in the workplace.

Source: Terra

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