‘Days of Our Lives’ star reaches settlement over allegations of sexual harassment
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- “Days of Our Lives” star Arianne Zucker reached a settlement in her sexual harassment lawsuit against the show’s producers and former “Days” executive producer Albert Alarr.
- Zucker alleged Alarr subjected her and other employees to harassment and that she faced retaliation from the show’s producers, including pay cuts and her character being written off.
- The settlement was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court with no terms disclosed. Alarr’s attorney denied the allegations and said Alarr settled solely to “end the dispute and move forward.”
“Days of Our Lives” actor Arianne Zucker has reached a settlement with the producers of the show after her 2024 lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and discrimination on the set of the soap opera.
Notice of the settlement was filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. No further details about the settlement were included.
“She stood up for herself and others in an industry where speaking out about harassment often comes at great personal cost,” Zucker’s attorney, Anahita Sedaghatfar, said in a statement. “She is pleased that the matter has been resolved and hopes her courage helps drive accountability and lasting change within the entertainment industry.”
Zucker had starred on “Days of Our Lives” since 1998, playing the character Nicole Walker. In her February 2024 lawsuit, she alleged that now-former executive producer Albert Alarr subjected her and other employees to “severe and pervasive harassment and discrimination, including sexual harassment, based upon their female gender.”
‘Days of Our Lives’ production has stopped amid a misconduct probe against its executive producer/director, with many in the show’s cast petitioning for leadership change.
Zucker claimed that Alarr would grab and hug her, “purposely pushing her breasts onto his chest” while moaning sexually, according to the lawsuit. She also alleged that he would make “sexually charged comments” to her.
“Our client continues to deny the allegations set forth in the complaint,” Alarr’s attorney, Robert Barta, said in a statement. “However, in order to bring the litigation to the end, he has agreed to settle. This decision was made solely to end the dispute and move forward.”
Zucker’s lawsuit also named Corday Productions, which oversees the show, and its owner, Ken Corday, as defendants in the lawsuit, alleging retaliation. Zucker alleged that her pay was decreased and her travel stipend revoked after she voiced concerns. In June 2023, she said her character was written off the show after 20 years.
Several months later, Corday Productions offered to renew Zucker’s contract but allegedly did not negotiate with her representatives for higher pay, the lawsuit said.
Arianne Zucker sued former ‘Days of Our Lives’ producer Albert Alarr, who allegedly touched her without her consent and made ‘sexually charged comments’ on set. He denied those claims.
Attorneys for Corday and Corday Productions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Corday Productions previously told The Times in a statement that Zucker’s claims “are without merit” and that she was offered a pay increase upon an offer to renew her contract. The company said at the time that complaints about Alarr’s on-set behavior were “promptly investigated” and the company “fully cooperated with the impartial investigation and subsequently terminated Mr. Alarr.”
“Days of Our Lives” aired on Comcast-owned NBC from Nov. 8, 1965, to Sept. 9, 2022, before moving to the Comcast streaming platform Peacock in 2022.
