Over the weekend, actor Matthew Underwood unveiled a darkish historical past along with his former agent. The ‘Zoey 101’ star alleged the agent had sexually assaulted him at age 19. He shared the delicate info in a prolonged social media submit.
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Matthew Particulars A number of Violating Incidents
Underwood began his submit by revealing that folk on-line have been tapping him for a response to the ‘Quiet on Set.’ The docuseries highlights the “poisonous” tradition of a number of kids’s exhibits from the late Nineties till the early 2000s.
In it, Drake Bell revealed his dialogue coach Brian Peck repeatedly sexually assaulted him whereas working with the community. He was 15 when it first started.
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In his social media reveal, Matthew Underwood detailed an identical expertise each as a pre-teen and established little one star. When he was 12, Underwood alleges his greatest pals’ stepfather “groomed and molested” him. He stopped being pals with the youngsters as a result of he felt “private disgust and betrayal” by a person he had trusted like a father.
Then, at 19, one thing related went down. This time a former agent “sexually harassed after which assaulted” him. Matthew Underwood admitted that the violating expertise drove him away from appearing.
“Once more, my belief was betrayed and my self-image crushed. I reported him to the company and he has since been fired — though he’s nonetheless lively within the trade. This expertise provoked my transfer away from LA and ended my pursuit of appearing.”
Matthew clarified that he’s sharing his expertise as a result of he and different “pals within the enterprise” have been getting harassed in the event that they haven’t spoken on the ‘Quiet On Set’ docuseries. He alleges individuals have advised he and his mom can “die” or “burn in hell.” He additionally claims he’s been referred to as a “pedophile defender.”
“…I’m sharing this with hope that a few of you may acknowledge that simply because an individual doesn’t shout from the rooftops that pedophiles are dangerous or that individuals can suck, that doesn’t imply they don’t have their very own causes for staying silent. Good causes, private causes.”
Matthew shared that he has “excessive empathy” for anybody “taken benefit of by the individuals they trusted.”
What Matthew Underwood Stated About Dan Schneider
Underwood accompanied his assertion in regards to the assault with feedback about his expertise working with Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon.
“I by no means had a nasty expertise engaged on set of a Nickelodeon present and I by no means had a nasty expertise with Dan. I’ve nothing so as to add to the dialog that anybody would care to listen to. I wish to consider that individuals have the capability to be higher people and Dan seems to acknowledge that he had been an a**gap in his previous.”
Matthew closed his assertion by clarifying that he does NOT help pedophiles and requesting that individuals cease wishing dying on his household.
Swipe beneath to learn his full assertion.
As beforehand reported, Dan shared a public apology following the discharge of ‘Quiet on Set.’ He referred to as the allegations within the docuseries “troublesome” to look at. He additionally spoke about being on Drake Bell’s facet instantly after discovering out in regards to the alleged sexual abuse from Brian Peck.
However not all the previous Nickelodeon stars had been feeling Dan’s public apology. In reality, Alexa Nikolas, Matthew Underwood’s ‘Zoey 101’ co-star, didn’t maintain her tongue in regards to the apology falling quick.
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