Lori Beth Denberg, who starred in the hit children’s television show “All That” in the 1990s, has accused her former Nickelodeon boss, Dan Schneider, of having “preyed” on her then by showing her pornography, once fondling her and another time initiating phone sex.

The allegations by Denberg, now 48, came in an interview with Business Insider, which reported on Tuesday that the actress said she felt Schneider had acted inappropriately toward her during a period when they worked together. She said that, at 19, she entered into a “weird, abusive relationship” with Schneider, who was 10 years older.

“I couldn’t have been more vulnerable,” she said in the interview.

The interview comes as Schneider’s conduct while at Nickelodeon has drawn scrutiny in a new docuseries that aired in March: “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” In the series, several former employees criticized the way Schneider treated them — saying, among other things, that he solicited massages on set — while also objecting to sexualized humor in his shows and inappropriate jokes in the writers’ room.

In the interview with Business Insider, Denberg said that she sometimes slept over at the home of Schneider, who was the head writer on “All That,” and that, although they were not intimate, they exchanged massages. At one point, though, she said in the interview, she won a bet while watching “Jeopardy!,” and Schneider took the opportunity to fondle and put his mouth on her breasts.

Denberg starred in “All That” between 1994 and 1998 and returned for its revival several years ago. She told Business Insider she did not necessarily see their interactions as inappropriate at the time, given that she was older than 18, but that in recent years she has begun to grapple with the power imbalance that existed between her and Schneider. She said that he showed her porn on multiple occasions and that the first time was in his office.

In a statement, Schneider, who has filed a lawsuit against the creators of the “Quiet on Set” docuseries alleging defamation, called Denberg’s account “wildly exaggerated and, in most cases, false.”

“As I have previously stated, there were times, particularly in the early years of my career, that I made mistakes and exhibited poor judgment as a leader,” Schneider said. “If I did that with respect to Lori Beth, I sincerely apologize to her. But I cannot apologize for things I did not do.”

The Business Insider article was written by Kate Taylor, who also was an executive producer of the “Quiet on Set” series.

The New York Times reported in 2021 that before Schneider and Nickelodeon separated in 2018, ViacomCBS, the parent company of Nickelodeon, had investigated him and found that many people he worked with viewed him as verbally abusive. But the company’s review found no evidence of sexual misconduct by Schneider.

Representatives for Nickelodeon did not respond to a request for comment.

Attempts to reach Denberg were not immediately successful.

In a video that Schneider posted to YouTube after the release of the docuseries, he apologized for certain conduct alleged by former employees, including the massages and the inappropriate jokes in the writers’ room.

Schneider had declined to be interviewed for the docuseries, instead issuing a statement that was included in the documentary, in which he said that “everything that happened on the shows I ran was carefully scrutinized by dozens of involved adults” and that parents and caregivers were always present during rehearsals and filming.

Alain Delaquérière contributed research.