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 publish.
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Matthew Particulars A number of Violating Incidents
Underwood began his publish 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 analogous expertise each as a pre-teen and established baby star. When he was 12, Underwood alleges his finest 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 comparable 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 energetic within the business. 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 folks have urged he and his mom can “die” or “burn in hell.” He additionally claims he’s been known 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 unhealthy or that folks 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 folks they trusted.”
What Matthew Underwood Mentioned About Dan Schneider
Underwood accompanied his assertion concerning 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 folks 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 assist pedophiles and requesting that folks cease wishing loss of life 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 known as the allegations within the docuseries “tough” to observe. He additionally spoke about being on Drake Bell’s aspect instantly after discovering out concerning the alleged sexual abuse from Brian Peck.
However not all the previous Nickelodeon stars have been feeling Dan’s public apology. In actual fact, Alexa Nikolas, Matthew Underwood’s ‘Zoey 101’ co-star, didn’t maintain her tongue concerning the apology falling quick.
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