Drake Bell is set to break his silence on bombshell allegations that he was sexually abused by a Nickelodeon dialogue coach when he was a minor in an upcoming Investigation Discovery series.
A description for a sneak peek of the show, titled “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” released Tuesday states, “Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell will be sharing publicly, for the first time, the story of the abuse he suffered at the hands of Brian Peck.”
“To hear that Brian Peck was a sexual predator, it made me wonder immediately about who was being hurt,” “All That” actor Bryan Hearne says in the clip.
Former Nickelodeon star Giovonnie Samuels then adds, “Who it is, when it happened, where it happened, I have no idea.”
Bell, 37, then walks into a dimly lit room and stares as if ready to finally share his side of the story. The exact details of his abuse have not yet been disclosed.
“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” is set to premiere on March 17 and 18.
has reached out to reps for Peck for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The former filmmaker worked on Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show,” a series in which Bell starred.
In 2003, Peck, now 63, was arrested on charges of a lewd act against a child and oral copulation of a person under 16. A year later, he was convicted of sexually abusing an unknown Nickelodeon child actor and sentenced to 16 months in jail.
Bell was reportedly the minor in that case. The former child star went on to star in his own hit Nickelodeon series, “Drake and Josh,” from 2004 to 2007 — after the alleged abuse took place.
“Boy Meets World” alum Will Friedle recently spoke out about how he was allegedly “groomed” by Peck and talked…
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