Nickelodeon star Drake Bell is criticizing “Boy Meets World” stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong for their past support of convicted abuser Brian Peck.
Bell breaks her silence about her alleged abuse at the hands of Peck in a new documentary series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which premieres tonight on Investigation Discovery.
The docu-series shares unsealed court documents from Peck’s trial, which includes criminal convictions from Friedl and Strong, as well as stars such as James Marsden, Taran Killam, and the late Alan Thicke. It included a letter in support of a sex offender who had suffered.
Alex Nicholas is a fellow Nickelodeon child star and has appeared in documentaries. You shared a post on Instagram Blaming the “Boy Meets World” stars, Bell responded to a fan’s comment and implied that they too were victims of peck.
Drake Bell has slammed “Boy Meets World” stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong for a letter they wrote in support of his alleged abuser Brian Peck. (Getty Images)
Former Nickelodeon child star reveals sexual abuse allegations in shocking documentary
“Will was 27 years old and Brian told him what he had done. A lot of people turned away and said they wouldn’t write a letter, but they did,” Bell said. wrote. “Will wasn’t being manipulated. Brian recognized that and wrote the letter anyway.”
He went on to say, “So he… [Friedle] worked with me on many episodes of [‘Ultimate Spider-Man’] Years have passed since then and not a word has been said to me about it. I was told that the letter would be made public. Everyone thought this letter would be sealed forever and no one would ever see it. This is their spokesperson telling us how to get ahead of the story. ”
In response to another comment, Bell also said, “Ryder was 24 when he wrote the letter and was told by Brian what he had done. He wrote the letter anyway.”
Bell, Friedl and Strong did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Bell said Friedl and Strong only spoke on the podcast because “everyone thought the letter would be sealed forever and no one would ever see it. But we’re teaching them how to get ahead of this story.” (Michael Tran)
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Friedl and Strong mentioned their support for Peck earlier this month on the podcast “Pod Meets World” ahead of the release of details of the documentary “Quiet on Set.”
“I was an adult and there was no way I could be manipulated like this,” Friedl said. “When I heard what happened, I knew this guy for years and of course I had no idea this was happening. And at the time I… I had no idea that I was 24 or 25, 24 or whatever.” I found out, I didn’t know, I couldn’t find out, it was my own failure. ”
Strong remembered that Peck admitted to the crime but carried out the assault as if Peck were the victim.
“It’s always, ‘I did this, I’m guilty. I’m going to take whatever punishment the government decides, but I’m a victim of prison bait. There was this hot guy. I just did this. ” and he is a minor. And we bought that storyline,” Strong said.
Strong and Friedl claimed on their podcast that they were misled by Peck about the incident and his crimes. Friedl said it was “my own failure” to not see the dark side of what was going on. (Ron Galera)
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Neither would say whether Bell knew he was the victim or who he was at the time.
In the documentary, Bell details the alleged abuse by Peck during their time at Nickelodeon, recalling the day when she was 15 that their relationship went from strained to full-blown assault and abuse.
“I was sleeping on the couch where I usually sleep and I woke up to his voice…I opened my eyes and I woke up and he was sexually assaulting me. And I froze up. “I was in complete shock and didn’t know what to do or how to react,” Bell said.
He continued, “The abuse was extensive. And it got pretty brutal, pretty brutal. I don’t know, I don’t really know how to elaborate on that in front of the camera.”
Bell claims that Peck sexually abused her during her time at Nickelodeon. (Christopher Polk)
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Peck was charged with child sexual abuse in 2003 and later charged with eight counts of sexual abuse. Peck was found guilty of indecency with a child and oral copulation of a person under 16 years of age and sentenced to 16 months in prison.
Nickelodeon released a statement to Fox News Digital about Bell. “Now that Drake Bell has revealed his identity as a plaintiff in the 2004 lawsuit, we are appalled and saddened by the trauma he endured, and we applaud the strength it took to come forward. I support it,” he said in a statement.
