The abuse victim of Drake and Josh star says he has to pay for his therapy while the show continues

Drake Bell, the protagonist of Drake and Josh, spoke for the first in the series Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids’ TV, the program he chose to tell this story for the first time suffered sexual abuse. The documentary follows the story of several actors from the children’s television network Nickelodeon and the dark times they had to go through while working there.

The actor confessed to having been abused at the age of 15 by one of his acting and dialogue teachers. Brian Peck. He reported it in 2004 and won the trial, but they only sentenced him to 16 months in prison and registered him as a sex offender. For years nothing was known about the complainant’s identity, but Bell confirmed in the documentary that he was the one who suffered the attack.

Some time ago, social media users started noticing awkward and strange moments in relation to Dan Schneider, the creator of most of these television shows. But until now it was believed that the abuse on Nickelodeon was just online conspiracies.

The television network tried to apologize to Drake Bell, but The 37-year-old actor found the answers ‘pretty empty’. “There was a canned response that said ‘we’re learning from your trauma,’ because they couldn’t say they didn’t know anything about this or what happened,” Bell confessed in a podcast.

“They still broadcast our shows and I have to pay for my therapy“, commented the actor Amanda’s show during his harsh testimony. “If there was any truth to them, if they really cared, there would be more than just quotes on a page written by a legal representative who told them exactly how to respond,” Drake added of Nickelodeon’s response.

Furthermore, he explained that it affected him very emotionally to talk about his abuse after 20 years. “I felt very comfortable in that interview, but I was going through a lot of difficulties in my personal life and After that note I ended up in rehab.“Bell said.

Was she the only victim?

Theories about abuse at Nickelodeon have circulated on social media for years. In particular, they highlighted alleged attacks by the series’ creator, Dan Schneider. The producer is the protagonist of several clips in which he is seen in compromising situations with children starring behind the camera. In all of them a particularly tense and uncomfortable climate is generated.

Furthermore, Schneider incorporated disguised sexual content into his programs, even when aimed at children and adolescents. It caused actresses to constantly wear short skirts and bikinis, without it being necessary for the plot. One of the strongest scenes to watch is the one with Ariana Grande, who participated in the series Victorious AND Sam and Cat. The pop star, however, never talked about it.

Due to the commotion that this discussion has generated, Amanda Bynes, the protagonist of Amanda’s showhe reported through his X account who was the victim of abuse by producer Dan Schneider. Moreover She assured that she would have to have an abortion at the age of 13, after she became pregnant with him..

In 2022 the protagonist of the series icarly, Jannette McCurdyshe published a memoir in which she said a Nickelodeon manager (whom she called “The Creator”) forced her to drink alcohol and sexualize her photo shoots while she worked at the television network.

McCurdy stated in the book that Nickelodeon offers actors 300 thousand dollars to not talk about his dark experiences on set. He rejected the offer, but commented that many others have accepted, which is why the full story is not known.

The word of the accused

Dan Schneider spoke about the accusations he received after the discovery of the documentary. “Watching the last two nights has been very difficult. I have addressed my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and which I regret. “I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” the producer admitted.

But his repentance was not enough to heal the incalculable pain he caused many of the people he worked with. Alexa Nikolas, one of the protagonists of Zoey 101responded to Schneider on a site created to expose abuse occurring in Hollywood.

“Are you embarrassed? You’re not ashamed enough to help the people you’ve actually hurt. You feel nothing, Dan. “You have no idea what responsibility is,” the actress wrote.

So far, no formal complaint has been filed in court against Dan Schneider, but Nickelodeon removed him from the company last year when controversy began over his inappropriate behavior on social media.