Is all forgiven between Drake Bell and Rider Strong? It seems so!
As you realize, the 37-year-old actor revealed within the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that he had been the unnamed little one star who had accused convicted little one molester Brian Peck of sexual assault in 2003. He publicly opened up for the primary in regards to the “extensive” and “brutal” abuse he confronted by the hands of the previous Nickelodeon dialogue coach at a younger age. Truly harrowing stuff.
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Amid the documentary, it got here out that Rider and his Boy Meets World co-star Will Friedle had been amongst a number of stars who penned letters of assist for Peck whereas asking a choose for leniency within the sexual abuse case. The pair expressed remorse for his or her actions earlier than Quiet on Set got here out. Will and Rider claimed they had been groomed and manipulated by Peck, seemingly explaining why they wrote the letters for Peck. While they sounded genuinely sorry, Drake didn’t purchase it. He referred to as them out on social media for supporting Peck, saying:
“Will was 27 years old and Brian told him what he did many people turned away and said no I won’t write a letter but they did. Will was not manipulated. Brian admitted it to him and he wrote the letter anyway. Then he worked with me on many many episodes of spider man years later and never said a word to me about it. This is because they were told there letters are going to be made public. Everyone thought the letters would be sealed forever and no one would ever see them. This is their publicist telling them how to get ahead of the story.”
He added in a remark about Rider:
“RIDER WAS 24 years old when he wrote the letter and was told by Brian what he did. He wrote the letter anyway.”
Oof. Weeks later, although, Drake and Rider appear to have made amends. The Amanda Show alum took to X (Twitter) on Friday to disclose he and the 44-year-old actor talked issues out, saying:
“I just had the most amazing conversation with @RiderStrong. We are all healing together. I have nothing but love and forgiveness for him.”
I simply had essentially the most wonderful dialog with @RiderStrong we’re all therapeutic collectively. I’ve nothing however love and forgiveness for him.
— DrakeBell.ethᵍᵐ (@DrakeBell) April 5, 2024
That is nice to listen to! We’re glad these two had been in a position to come to some form of understanding. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback!
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