Drake Bell has forgiven Rider Strong for backing abuser Brian Peck in court

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of sexual abuse, revealed during his 2003 trial that Strong, 44, and nearly 40 others had written character statements to the judge. “I just had the most amazing conversation with @RiderStrong we are all healing together.

I have nothing but love and forgiveness for him,” Bell, 37, posted on X (formerly) Twitter. The post by the former child star comes after Investigation Discovery aired a docuseries called “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” in which several former child stars, including Bell, detailed how former studio head Dan Schnieder had promoted a toxic work environment by hiring Peck, 63, and several others.

Strong had been previously called out by the actor who said that no one had apologized to him after the docuseries aired on Max. “I haven’t gotten an apology, or a sorry, from anybody that had written letters or was involved in supporting him at all,” Bell said in an interview on “The Sarah Fraser Show” podcast in March adding that some of the letters had also come from people he had worked with.“I had no idea that for four years, I was working alongside people who had supported him, and probably in the back of their mind were thinking of me in a certain way, and I thought they were my friends,” Bell said.In February, Strong and his “Boy Meets World” co-star Will Friedle recalled the painful abuse they suffered at the hands of Peck.