Drake Bell’s abuser Brian Peck frolicked in jail for sexually assaulting him as a teen — however the Nickelodeon star says it didn’t cease the registered intercourse offender from interacting with minors sooner or later.
In an interview with La Entrevista con Yordi Rosado, the Drake & Josh star mentioned a troubling encounter he had with Peck after the convicted little one molester was launched from jail. “He was hanging out on set, working, going to events, being round Hollywood, like nothing occurred,” Bell mentioned. “I bear in mind one time I noticed him at a restaurant, and he was on the desk with 10 or 12 male actors between the ages of 14 and 16, and I walked in, and noticed him, and noticed that he was good again to what he was doing, and circled and left.”
Drake Bell.
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“When he acquired out, he was a registered offender, a registered intercourse offender for crimes towards a baby, and he went proper again to work on the Disney Channel, on Fox — all these firms simply employed him once more,” Bell continued.
Peck’s IMDb lists credit as a dialogue coach on FX’s Anger Administration as not too long ago as 2013. He additionally labored as an actor on The Suite Lifetime of Zack and Cody, Bedtime Tales, and quite a few different tasks all through the 2000s and 2010s after his jail stint.
Bell detailed the “intensive” abuse he survived from Peck for the primary time within the Investigation Discovery documentary collection Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV, which premiered on March 17. Bell’s John Doe case led to Peck’s arrest in 2003 and subsequent conviction in 2004, because the dialogue coach pleaded no contest to expenses of committing a lewd act towards a baby and was sentenced to 16-months in jail.
Brian Peck.
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Bell will return to Quiet on Set for a follow-up episode on April 7. The fifth episode of the docuseries will see former Nickelodeon stars react to the primary 4 episodes of Quiet on Set and talk about their imaginative and prescient for a safer future in Hollywood for younger performers. Moreover, the brand new episode will see a number of Nick stars work together on-camera for the primary time, as the primary 4 episodes solely featured particular person interviews with contributors.
The primary 4 episodes of Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV are streaming on Max. The fifth episode will premiere on ID at 8 p.m. on April 7.
Watch the total interview with Bell above.
When you or somebody you understand has been a sufferer of sexual abuse, textual content “STRENGTH” to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741-741 to be related to a licensed disaster counselor.
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