‘Price Is Right’ Producer Roger Dobkowitz Defends Bob Barker Against Documentary Sexual Harassment Claims

Longtime “The Price Is Right” producer Roger Dobkowitz has defended Bob Barker amid allegations of a “Dirty Rotten Scandals” documentary.

Dobkowitz, who has worked on more than 4,600 episodes of the game show over a 36-year span, shared a lengthy statement on social media saying he was trying to avoid commenting on the “clear episode” and hoped the series would “quietly disappear.”

Two episodes of the six-part E! series centered around the long-running CBS show and featured interviews with “Barker’s Beauty” models who claimed to have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment, retaliation or a hostile workplace.

“Many of my friends have asked me to comment on an E-documentary that recently aired on their network,” Dobkowitz wrote. “However, until now, I refrained from commenting on it because I did not want to add something social to what was clearly ‘beaten.’

Dobkowitz acknowledged that the show “doesn’t seem to have taken much action” before saying that “few people care” or remember “probably since an incident that supposedly happened 30 years ago on a daytime game show.”

“I feel it necessary to reveal my thoughts and, most importantly, to protect the dignity and integrity of our great show,” he wrote. “This so-called ‘exposure’ makes me realize that there are some people in this country who will happily exaggerate and invent lies to justify their personal vendettas to draw attention to themselves.

“What makes the situation worse is that the accused is dead, therefore, which makes the accused unable to defend himself.

He wrote, “Most people in the community and individuals move on with their lives especially after the courtrooms settle disputes and are closed, many people are happy that the headache is over.”

“Such closure is often a sign of life to remind a person to grow up and put things behind them.” When someone feels compelled to keep bringing it up for another 30 years it’s a sign that something is wrong with their ability to think maturely.”

Dobkowitz floated the idea of ​​writing a book about his 36 years in the show, which would include “36 years of watching Bob, the models, and the crew,” and possibly “dispel a lot of misconceptions and dispel a lot of wrong assumptions.”

“The show was a fun place … our work environment was the envy of other shows. The staff rarely quit … many of the women who were in our model collection came back year after year, happy to be on our show,” she wrote.

“The unhappy people, like any company, are the ones who didn’t get the raises they wanted, the ones who didn’t get the raises they thought they deserved, and the ones who were terminated for not doing their job. Yes, we had a few of those people, but far, far, less than other companies.”

He added, “I was there for 36 years. I was on that stage.”

Barker, who hosted the show for 35 years, died in 2023 at the age of 99.

“Barker’s Beauties” model Holly Hallstrom appeared on the show from 1977 until she was fired in 1995, a decision she said was caused by medication-induced obesity. However, Hallstrom claims she was fired after she refused to publicly support Barker when her partner Dian Parkinson sued her for sexual assault in 1994.

He then spent nearly a decade behind bars after Barker sued him for defamation, according to Business Insider. He disputed allegations of defamation and allegations of emotional distress and discrimination.

Hallstrom said he was blacklisted from the entertainment industry and pushed to the financial brink, according to the outlet. He also refused offers of payment, saying he refused to be silenced by a non-disclosure agreement.

Barker has consistently denied wrongdoing and insisted any relationship was consensual.