“Zoey 101” star Matthew Underwood has revealed on social media that he was assaulted at age 19 by his agent on the time.

In a press release relating to the Investigation Discovery docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Children TV,” Underwood opened up about being assaulted by his former agent, whom he doesn’t title.

“After I was 19, I used to be sexually harassed after which assaulted by my agent on the time, who had spent an honest period of time constructing belief with me as a good friend and mentor. Once more, my belief was betrayed and my self picture was crushed,” Underwood wrote on Instagram on Friday. “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 ending my pursuit of appearing.”

Underwood then defined why he was sharing his story of sexual harassment and assault, saying that “many individuals have been blowing up [his] e-mail” and calling him a “pedophile defender” following the discharge of “Quiet on Set,” which options allegations of abuse in opposition to “Zoey 101” creator Dan Schneider and a number of other crew members at Nickelodeon.

“I think about a lot of my pals within the enterprise are being equally harassed in the event that they aren’t becoming a member of within the refrain,” Underwood wrote, “so I’m sharing this with hope that a few of you possibly can acknowledge that simply because an individual doesn’t shout from the rooftops that pedophiles are dangerous or that folks can suck — that doesn’t imply they don’t have their very own causes for staying silent, good causes, private causes.”

Underwood performed Logan Reese in “Zoey 101” for 4 seasons from 2005 to 2008. He reprised his position within the 2023 rom-com “Zoey 102,” a sequel movie to the Nickelodeon collection that additionally starred authentic forged members Jamie Lynn Spears, Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Jack Salvatore Jr. and Abby Wilde.

“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,” Underwood mentioned of Schneider. “I prefer to imagine individuals have the capability to be higher people and Dan seems to acknowledge that he had been an asshole in his previous. I prefer to imagine he’s absolutely able to being a creator and coworker everybody can get pleasure from working with.”

Underwood concluded his assertion by writing: “I can’t imagine I even need to say this, however after all I don’t fucking assist pedophiles. Please cease wishing dying upon my household and please rethink harassing different actors who want to keep their privateness — you by no means know who has already been a sufferer of the hell you’re wishing upon them.”

Learn Underwood’s full assertion beneath.