Last Updated on April 1, 2024
Former Nickelodeon child star Melissa Joan Hart says that she “100%” believes the allegations of sexual abuse made against the network, a giant in children’s entertainment, by former child stars who appeared in the documentary series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Melissa Joan Hart, who starred in Clarissa Explains it All among other Nickelodeon/Paramount productions, told Meghan McCain on McCain’s podcast that she’d never heard allegations of child sex abuse and grooming at Nickelodeon before watching the Quiet on Set documentary series, but that she “absolutely” believes the former child stars who say they were abused.
“I absolutely trust them, believe them, 100%,” said Melissa Joan Hart, who also said that she had “nothing but a wonderful experience” during her time at Nickelodeon, and speculated that there are differences between the Nickelodeon studios in Orlando, where she filmed, and the studies in Hollywood, where the most severe of the abuse allegations are stemming from.
As National File recently reported, the Quiet on Set documentary series brought forth allegations of pedophilia at the children’s entertainment network, and revealed that multiple big-time Nickelodeon employees had previously been convicted of child sex offenses.
All That and The Amanda Show production assistant Jason Handy, who eventually went to prison for pedophilic acts, had an entire library of child images in his possession when law enforcement nabbed him in 2003.
“It was a picture of him naked masturbating, and he said he had sent it to her because he wanted her to see that he was thinking of her,” a woman from the documentary says about Jason Handy, referring to a photo that Handy sent to her Amanda Show actress daughter.
Another person who worked for Nickelodeon was actually a registered sex offender when he was working for the kid-targeting network, and not surprisingly he got convicted for a pedophilic offense connected to his presence at Nickelodeon.
Former child actor Drake Bell appears in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV to share his allegations of being sexually abused by dialogue coach Brian Peck.
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The Quiet on Set revelations come after a protest movement led by a former Nickelodeon star also exposed the debauchery of the network, including of Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who’s alleged misconduct, against both children and adults, was featured prominently in the Quiet on Set series.
As National File reported in 2022:
Former “Zoey 101” cast member Alexa Nikolas led the demonstration and organized it under her group called “Eat Predators,” lining the sidewalks outside of Nickelodeon’s Burbank, California studios with signs and demonstrators drawing attention to the sick underbelly of the kid’s entertainment channel.
Holding signs asking questions like “How Many NDAs?” and with phrases like “Nickelodeon Failed to Protect Me,” the Eat Predators demonstration drew attention to the rampant child abuse and culture of silence and intimidation that has persisted within the children’s network, apparently for decades.
Nikolas appeared as “Nicole” on Nickelodeon’s “Zoey 101” tv show from 2005 to 2008. The show starred Jamie Lynn Spears, the younger sister of Britney Spears, and dramatized the trials and tribulations of youngsters at a trendy fictional boarding school.
“Zoey 101” and a number of other hit shows of its day were created by notorious Nickelodeon writer and producer Dan Schneider, who has been accused of misconduct, creepiness, and outright pedophilia by a number of former child stars and is said to have a particular fixation on children’s feet, shots of which he regularly included in his television programs.
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