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From: David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com>
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Subject: Re: Former Nickelodeon Star Says She Was Forced To Kiss 30-Year-Old Man As A Teen On Show
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 01:52:14 -0230
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On Apr 2, 2024, Ubiquitous wrote
(in article <uugqcj$35mli$6@dont-email.me>):

> Former Nickelodeon star Allie DiMeco said she was forced to kiss a 30-year-
> old man as a teen on her show in light of the new docuseries “Quiet on Set:
> The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which alleges abuse and a toxic work environment
> behind the scenes at the network.
>
> The DiMeco, who was part of “The Naked Brothers Band” show from 2007-2009,
> took to TikTok over the weekend and shared her experience at the network
> after watching the new — and by many accounts, disturbing — documentary,
> the
> Hollywood Reporter noted.
>
> DiMeco said she was “stressed” while watching the series, revealing that
> she
> “went through trauma” on the show after her teenage character Rosalina
> had a
> brief romance with a French character named Michel (played by Jake Hertzog).
>
> “There was an episode where Rosalina ‘cheated’ on Nat and kind of
> kissed a
> French guy,” DiMeco said, noting that she didn’t want to kiss this
> “greasy
> a**” man.
>
> “He’s a 30-year-old man,” she added. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t even
> watch it. It
> gave me f***ing the ick and it honestly gives me PTSD.”
>
> Nickelodeon Star Allie DiMeco Says She Was Forced To Kiss Much Older
> Man On ‘Naked Brothers Band’ &  Felt “I Might Be Fired If I Didn’t Do
> It” https://t.co/xmMpJdRf4J
>
> — Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 26, 2024
>
> “I’m watching this ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary and it’s talking
> about how
> integral and vital it is to create — especially when it’s a kids cast —
> to
> create an environment where kids feel comfortable to say ‘No’ or ‘I
> don’t
> feel comfortable with this,'” DiMeco continued. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah,
> maybe
> they do express that though, it’s also more important to create an
> environment that listens to the kids and actually does not make them do
> things when they don’t want to do them.'”
>
> DiMeco went on to talk about how they made her kiss “this 30 plus-year-old
> man when I was like 14, 15” — not once, she said, but “multiple
> times.”
>
> “I told them many times I didn’t want to do it,” the former child star
> said.
> “My mom was very against it. And they just pretty much made me feel like I
> was going to lose my job and be fired if I didn’t do it.”
>
> Following the documentary’s release, former child star Drake Bell came
> forward and said he was the John Doe from a sexual abuse case from 2004
> involving former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck. Peck pleaded no
> contest to the charges and was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered
> to register as a sex offender, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
>
> Docuseries contributors spoke frequently about former Nickelodeon producer
> Dan Schneider, who they said perpetrated abuse by acting in a controlling
> manner and making sexually suggestive jokes, some of which were used in
> children’s programming. They also alleged that Schneider was filmed in a hot
> tub with then 16-year-old actress Amanda Bynes.
>
> “I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in
> a
> statement following the release of “Quiet on Set.”

She is straight-type-1-F and a very good match for her is
straight-type-1-M producer and director Graham Waterston,
who is close in age to her.

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