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Drake Bell is opening up a few music he penned for his debut album, the place he alluded to the sexual abuse he suffered as an adolescent.
Bell revealed on the ID docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV that he was molested by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
In a brand new TikTok video, the Drake & Josh alum shared that the music “Within the Finish,” which was a part of the 2005 album Telegraph, was concerning the traumatic expertise he lived.
Bell shared, “I wrote this music after I was 15 about what occurred earlier than I stated something to anybody.”
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“Within the Finish” lyrics say, “And ultimately, are you stronger? / Do you not must recuperate? / And the place have you ever been because it’s been over? / Over my shoulder, underneath my pores and skin, will you ever return once more?”
Peck was arrested in 2003 on 11 fees, together with sodomy, lewd act upon a toddler 14 or 15 by an individual 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or managed substance, however the minor was by no means named.
Attributable to Bell being a minor on the time, the title of Peck’s sufferer was not made public till the singer and actor revealed it on the Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV docuseries.
Nickelodeon stated in a press release following the docuseries, “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his id because the plaintiff within the 2004 case, we’re dismayed and saddened to study of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and help the energy required to come back ahead.”