Drake Bell, the star of Nickelodeon’s sitcom “Drake & Josh,” has publicly opened up about being sexually abused by Nickelodeon dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck. Bell spoke about his experience in “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” — an upcoming docuseries from Investigation Discovery about the alleged toxic culture behind some of TV producer Dan Schneider’s most iconic children’s shows.
“Brian and I became really close because we had a lot of the same interests, which looking back, I think that was probably a little calculated,” Bell, now 37, recounted in the docuseries. Bell met Peck in 2000, after the former landed an acting job on Nickelodeon's “The Amanda Show” in 1999. During the show’s second season, Peck grew closer to Bell and would invite him to his house for acting lessons.
