The 37-year-old got here ahead for the primary time within the ‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’.
Now, he’s breaking his silence on how Nickelodeon has dealt with the allegations within the bombshell docuseries.
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Drake Bell Accuses Brian Peck Of S-xual Abuse Throughout His Nickelodeon Days
In 2004, Brian Peck pleaded no contest to a cost of oral copulation with a minor underneath 16 in addition to a cost of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old. The sufferer was not recognized… till now.
“[Brian Peck] just about labored his approach into each facet of my life,” Bell mentioned after Peck satisfied Bell’s dad to step down as his supervisor so Peck may take over the job. “I knew that my life was going to be completely going to be utterly completely different from that time on.”
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Drake Bell Comes Ahead For The First Time
“I used to be sleeping on the sofa the place I’d often sleep, and I woke as much as him, I opened my eyes, I awakened, and he was s-xually assaulting me and I froze and in full shock and had no concept what to do or the right way to react, and I had no concept the right way to get out of the scenario,” Bell mentioned within the docuseries.
Including, “You realize anytime I had an audition or anytime I wanted to work on dialogue or something, I one way or the other ended up again at Brian’s home, and it simply obtained worse, and worse, and worse, and worse, and I used to be simply trapped. I had no approach out. The abuse was in depth and it obtained fairly brutal.”
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He then revealed why it took so lengthy for him to come back ahead. “What am I going to name my mother and be like, ‘Hey, this simply occurred. Are you able to come choose me up? I’ll simply sit right here and wait.’ I had no automobile, I didn’t drive. I used to be 15 presently,” he continued. He later admitted he was afraid of ruining his profession if he made the accusations on the time.
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Drake Bell Says Nickelodeon’s Response Is ‘Fairly Empty’
“There’s a really well-tailored response saying, ‘Studying about his trauma,’ as a result of they couldn’t say that they didn’t find out about this or what had occurred, or something,” he mentioned on The Sarah Fraser Present podcast. “So I feel that was a very well-tailored response by in all probability some large lawyer in Hollywood.”
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He went on, “I discover it fairly empty, their responses, as a result of, I imply, they nonetheless present our reveals, they nonetheless put our reveals on,” he continued. “And I’ve to pay for my very own remedy, I’ve to determine what — I imply if there was something, if there was any reality behind them truly caring, there can be one thing greater than quotes on a web page by clearly a authorized consultant telling them precisely the right way to tailor a response.”
Nickelodeon’s Response To Current Allegations
The previous Nickelodeon star was referring to the community’s current assertion on the allegations, together with Bell’s s-xual assault case.
“Although we can not corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions many years in the past, Nickelodeon as a matter of coverage investigates all formal complaints as a part of our dedication to fostering a secure {and professional} office setting freed from harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct,” Nickelodeon mentioned in a press release.
Including, “Our highest priorities are the well-being and finest pursuits not simply of our staff, casts and crew, however of all kids, and we now have adopted quite a few safeguards over time to assist guarantee we live as much as our personal excessive requirements and the expectations of our viewers.”
‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’ is streaming on MAX.
