This story contains discussion of sexual misconduct.
Do you know Lori Beth Denberg from the Nickelodeon TV show? everyIt took place from 1994 to 1998.
In a new interview with Business Insider, Lori Beth claims: Dan Schneider — Senior Writer every During the show’s four seasons, she began showing pornography and engaging in phone sex as a teenager, and committed other misconduct.
Lori Beth claimed that around her 19th birthday in 1995, Dan showed her pornographic clips on her office computer. “I think this is the first time he’s eaten me,” she says.
Lori Beth also claims that her relationship with Dan became sexual at that age, and on one occasion, she claims he initiated phone sex with her. She describes her relationship with him as a “strange, violent friendship” and said that at the time she “couldn’t have been more vulnerable.”
In the interview, Lori Beth also details an instance where she claimed that during a dinner with the cast and crew, Dan asked those in attendance if they had different breast sizes. She allegedly threw a piece of her bread at him in response to her teeth, which caused him to scream at her.
“It was one of those transitions that was really upsetting and scary,” she says. “Everyone else seemed to have completely blown it.”
“As I have said before, there were times, especially early in my career, when I made mistakes and showed poor judgment as a leader,” Dan said in a statement.
“If I did that to Laurie Beth, I sincerely apologize. But I can’t apologize for something I didn’t do,” he said.
You can read the full interview with Lori Beth here.
Learn more about the charges detailed here. Quietly on set.