Drake Bell Alleges He Was Sexually Abused as a Child Actor by Nickelodeon Dialogue Coach Brian Peck
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell is coming forward in the upcoming Investigation Discovery series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” to allege he was a victim of Brian Peck‘s sexual abuse.
Peck worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” the latter of which starred Bell from 1999 to 2002.
Bell would go on to headline his own Nickelodeon series in 2004 with “Drake & Josh.” Peck was arrested in August 2003 on more than a dozen charges related to sexual abuse allegations involving an unnamed minor.
In May 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old and to oral copulation with a minor under 16. (It remains unclear who these victims are and Bell has not yet specified the nature of the abuse he experienced, although he is likely to do so when “Quiet on Set” airs later this month).
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