Nickelodeon responds after Drake Bell reveals he was sexually assaulted as a child

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he was sexually assaulted and abused as a child by dialogue coach Brian Peck.Bell details the abuse in the third episode of the Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which will air over two nights on March 17 and March 18.The Drake & Josh star alleges that he suffered the abuse while working on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002.Peck was arrested in August 2003 on over a dozen charges relating to sexual abuse involving an unnamed minor.

In 2004, he pleaded no contest to performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old, and to oral copulation with a minor under 16.

He was sentenced to 16 months in prison and forced to register as a sex offender.In 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to a charge of oral copulation with a minor under 16 as well as a charge of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old.

He spent 16 months in prison and was required to register as a sex offender.In response to Bell’s account, Nickelodeon released the following statement (via Deadline): “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identity as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, we are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to come forward.”The network also released a statement regarding alleged behaviours on past production sets.“Though we cannot corroborate or negate allegations of behaviours from productions decades ago, Nickelodeon as a matter of policy investigates all formal complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional workplace environment free of harassment or other kinds of inappropriate conduct,” the statement read.