Former “Days of Our Lives” actress Arianne Zucker has reached a settlement in her lawsuit against the show’s producers in which she alleged inappropriate touching and comments in the midst of a toxic environment.
Zucker named as defendants co-executive producers Albert Alarr and Ken Corday as well as Corday Productions Inc. Her attorneys filed court papers Thursday with Judge Kristin Escalante notifying her of the resolution in the case. No terms were divulged.
In their previous court papers, lawyers for Corday and his company denied Zucker’s allegations and said that any actions taken concerning the actress were “done or undertaken in good faith, in accordance with business necessity, for legitimate, non-pretextual business reasons.”
In their court papers, Alarr’s attorneys also denied Zucker’s allegations and said she was not entitled to the relief she sought due to “fraud and/or misrepresentation, whether intentional or negligent perpetrated by plaintiff and/or her agent.”
Zucker, now 51, played the character Nicole Walker from 1998 to 2023. In her suit filed in February 2024, Zucker contended that from the onset of Alarr’s employment, he “repeatedly subjected plaintiff and other employees to severe and pervasive harassment and discrimination, including sexual harassment, based upon their female gender.”
Many prominent actresses who worked under Alarr have spoken publicly about his alleged misconduct for years, but their complaints to Corday were ignored, the suit alleged.
Alarr often tightly hugged Zucker and pushed the top of her chest into his while moaning, “Oh Ari,” the suit states.
Alarr also would put his hands on Zucker’s waist with his thumbs placed just below her waist and move her around, smirking and grinning in a sexual manner and leaving the plaintiff feeling “extremely uncomfortable and violated,” the suit states.
Alarr also laughed at another actress’ inappropriate comments about Jewish people on the show knowing that Zucker was Jewish, the suit states.
Zucker also alleged that Corday paid female actresses less than male actors for substantially similar work, according to the complaint.