We all have come to know who Dora the Explorer is. This adventurous little girl travels different and crazy lands with a talking backpack, monkey, and map to find and solve mysteries for little kiddies everywhere. In that same process she teaches younger audiences some Spanish. However, is the new chapter for this little explorer…the courtroom?
It sure seems that way if the current lawsuit against Nickelodeon doesn’t get settled out of court. Caitlin Sanchez, the 14 year old who voices Dora, and her lawyer have brought a lawsuit against Nickelodeon alleging that the Viacom company have cheated her out of “millions” of dollars from the show. Caitlin’s lawyer says that Nickelodeon and her agent, allegedly, pressured her to sign a contract that was “convoluted and inscrutable” and left her out of millions, if not tens of millions of dollars, that she rightfully deserve. The pre-teen star was getting paid $5,115 per episode (however, apparently there was no compensation for the hundreds of hours spent to record an episode.) and while she was promoting the show, she was only given a meager $40 per day travel stipend.
H0wever, who do we believe in this story? Dora is the biggest thing for little kids out there and has generated billions of dollars in revenue towards Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon is not known for treating their child stars badly; on the contrary, Miranda Crossgrove (Carly Shay from iCarly) is the second highest teenager paid in the US by making $180,000 per episode (right after Angus T. Jones from “Two and Half Men”, who makes $250,000 an episode) (source).– By the way if you were wondering, Miley Cyrus makes $15,000 an episode (but don’t forget this doesn’t count tours, music, etc). –
So, why would a network risk so much by wrongfully paying one of its stars? Is Caitlin lying? Is Nickelodeon a cheap ******? I don’t know who to believe… could go either way, only time will tell. While we wait, why don’t we watch some “Incepción!”?
Source: Yahoo News!
