Drake Bell has shocked his fans and colleagues in the entertainment world alike by confessing that he was a victim of sexual abuse when he was just a child by one of Nickelodeon’s employees. The star of the children’s series Drake
The documentary, which includes an arduous investigation by Investigation Discovery and will be broadcast on March 17 and 18, features the testimony of the actor, who is currently 37 years old and who for the first time publicly accuses Brian Peck, the network’s dialogue coach. child with whom he worked in some series, of having abused him when he was only 15 years old.
The actor reveals that Peck, who worked on such well-known series as All That or The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon, abused him. Bell worked alongside Amanda Bynes on The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002 before landing the lead role on Drake
A year earlier, however, Brian Peck was arrested on eleven charges related to accusations of sexual abuse of an unidentified child. In May 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to charges of engaging in inappropriate acts with a 14- or 15-year-old; nor from performing sexual acts with a minor under 16 years of age. The dialogue coach was sentenced to 16 months in prison, in addition to being forced to register as a sex offender in October 2004.
The documentary, directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz and produced by Maxine Productions and Sony Pictures, investigates and delves into the most toxic aspects that minors who worked on the most iconic children’s television programs created by the famous producer had to endure. Dan Schneider in the 90s and early 2000s.
Series like the aforementioned TheAmanda Show or Drake
Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of Britney Spears, was only 16 years old when she became pregnant with her firstborn, Maddie. At that time, the young woman was the leading actress of one of Schneider’s most recognized series, Zoey 101, and she caused quite a scandal that also caused her to leave the series after three years on the air.
Apparently, Schneider’s only goal was to “make that problem go away,” as she later revealed.
The actress has explained that her daughter was born as a result of her teenage love with her boyfriend at the time, Casey Aldridge, but rumors at the time placed her as the result of an extramarital affair of a network executive, something that could never be proven and that she flatly denied.
