Lori Beth Denberg Says Dan Schneider Fondled Her While on ‘All That,’ Nickelodeon Boss Calls Accusations ‘Wildly Exaggerated’

“All That” star Lori Beth Denberg has accused former Nickelodeon writer and executive Dan Schneider of fondling her breasts, showing her pornography and attempting to have phone sex during their time on the show. Schneider has denied the accusations.

“I feel like that is the first time he preyed on me,” Denberg said in an interview with Business Insider out Tuesday. At the time, Denberg and Schneider were meeting to discuss an incident in which a female producer told Denberg that she was overweight. That’s when she said he started showing her porn videos, one of which featured a woman performing oral sex on a donkey. She also said he once put his mouth on her breasts.

The comedian says that throughout her time acting on the kids’ sketch comedy series “All That,” the executive put her in a number of uncomfortable situations. In one instance, she said Schneider lashed out at her. In a statement to TheWrap, Schneider called Denberg’s accusations “wildly exaggerated and, in most cases, false.”

“The fact that an executive producer of ‘Quiet on Set’ would pursue allegations regarding what may have happened between adults nearly thirty years ago — only a week after I filed a defamation lawsuit accusing ‘Quiet on Set’ of being intentionally false and misleading — seems more than coincidental,” he said.

Schneider continued: “As I have previously stated, there were times, particularly in the early years of my career, that I made mistakes and exhibited poor judgment as a leader. If I did that with respect to Lori Beth, I sincerely apologize to her. But I cannot apologize for things I did not do.”

Denberg did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

According to Business Insider, this is the first time Denberg has ever come forward with experiences related to Schneider’s alleged misconduct. The actress shared that her relationship with Schneider became sexual once she turned 19. In 1996, when “All That” moved from Orlando to Los Angeles, Denberg said she started spending long nights with Schneider and would sometimes sleep over. During some of those nights, Denberg said they would give one another massages and Schneider would play porn on his computer. At one point, the pair’s relationship got “weird” and “abusive.”

Denberg and Schneider’s statements come nearly two months after the release of Investigation Discovery’s five-part documentary series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which took a look behind-the-scenes of Nickelodeon’s most prolific and controversial writer and producer Dan Schneider. The docuseries chronicles how, during his years-long reign of alleged toxic workplace behavior, Schneider birthed what is known today as the network’s most successful eras, as well as the most horrific times for child actors and production crew members.

In 2017, as the #MeToo movement started to gain momentum in Hollywood, Nickelodeon launched a second probe and Schneider was dropped a year later. The investigation didn’t find evidence of “inappropriate sexual behavior” or inappropriate behavior with children, but it did find evidence of him being abusive in the workplace.

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