Drake Bell Says he was sexually abused as a child star

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Former Nickelodeon child star Drake Bell is opening up about the abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his former acting and dialogue coach. In a new Investigation Discovery documentary titled “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” the “Drake and Josh” star revealed that he was the unnamed minor in the 2004 sexual assault conviction of Brian Peck. According to a Los Angeles Police Department release, officers arrested Peck on Aug. 19, 2003.

What did Drake Bell say Brian Peck did? After Peck successfully “integrated” himself into Bell’s life, the actor says, things took a turn for the worse. “Everything changed with Brian one morning... I knew that my life was going to be absolutely, completely different from that point on,” he said. “I was sleeping on the couch where I would usually sleep and I woke up to him … I opened my eyes, I woke up and he was sexually assaulting me,” Bell said.

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