Overview

• Gilbert reposted the People report and vowed to defend her former on-screen brother, writing that no one should “smack down” him and adding the hashtag #iwillcutabitch.
• In a Sept. 18 Hot Ones episode, Bateman said older kids pinned him and “knocked on my chest like I was a front door,” while dismissing a separate rumor that he’d been told his character died.
• Bateman said he asked a makeup artist to create a bruise and then showed it to the children’s parents, which he said got them in trouble.
• He joined the series at age 11 as James Cooper Ingalls in seasons 7 and 8, appearing in 21 episodes from 1981 to 1982.
• Previous cast interviews described the set under Michael Landon as protective, and no alleged perpetrators have been publicly named or linked to any formal inquiry.