ntary is unavailing,  the order stated.

A significant thrust of the lawsuit was the title dancing around claims Schneider sexually abused children. One example: Quiet on Set introduces viewers to the sexual abusers, Peck and Jason Handy, in the second episode while repeatedly cutting to images of Schneider while discussing the duo. The producer had targeted the allegedly manipulative editing.

Responding to arguments over the juxtaposition of the images, the three-judge panel of the state appeals court rebuffed Schneider's characterization of the sequence. A review of the segment shows that roughly six minutes of the episode are focused on Handy, it said, with no time dedicated to Schneider during the scenes.

The court said it will  refrain from splitting hairs to find an allegation of child sexual abuse where the only such abuse discussed is explicitly attributed to named perpetrators and the documentary expressly states that an investigation into Schneider found no evidence of abuse. 

In a statement, Gerry Silver, a lawyer for Schneider, said the producer is evaluating  options for further review and appeal.  He added,  We are pleased that the Court acknowledged that the makers of Quiet on Set presented absolutely no evidence that Dan was sexually abusive towards any of his cast members and agreed that any such allegation is provably false. 

Warners' appeal was handled by Theodore J. Boutrous, Ilissa Samplin, Zachary C. Freund, and Connor S. Sullivan of Gibson Dunn. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the International Documentary Association filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting the studio in the case.

Warner Bros. Discovery, which distributed the project on Max alongside Investigation Discovery, and producers Maxine Productions and Sony Pictures Television were named in the complaint. Schneider had sought unspecified damages and a court order forcing producers to remove allegedly defamatory portions of the docuseries or have it completely taken down.