The fallout from Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV documentary continued Tuesday when a protest was held outside Nickelodeon’s studio in Burbank, California.
The protest, lead by former Nickelodeon child star Alexa Nikolas, continued to out several Nickelodeon executives and their role in child sexual abuse inside the company, Mediaite reported.
Nikolas, who starred in “Zoey 101,” took part in Investigation Discovery’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary lead the protest outside Nickelodeon’s studio gates, where protesters chanted, “Power to survivors!” and, “Protect survivors, not predators!”
She, herself, held a sign saying, “Nickelodeon didn’t protect us.”
“Protesters held photographs of former Nickelodeon staffers convicted of sexual abuse, as well as photographs of executives they accused of enabling misconduct at the company,” per Mediaite.
“This is a very monumental moment for child stars everywhere. We were so scared of these networks and the adults that we were working for for such a long time, and now we’re adults and we get to let them know how we feel,” Nikolas said.
The documentary, chronicled the child sexual abuse committed by former Nickelodeon assistant Jason Handy, dialogue coach Brian Peck, and studio freelancer Ezell Channel, unveiled the sexual abuse Drake Bell suffered at the hands of Peck.
Bell was in Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh” and “The Amanda Show.”
“I often look back at that time and wonder how in the world I survived,” Bell said in the documentary.
