Josh Peck Finally Opens Up About Co-Star Drake Bell’s Sexual Assault

After days of fan backlash for his silence, Josh Peck has spoken out on the sexual assault of his Drake & Josh co-star Drake Bell by an acting coach.

In a statement released on social media, Peck expressed his support for Bell and other survivors of child sexual abuse who spoke out in the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which delved into the alleged abuse of child actors on Nickelodeon by the adults in charge of them.

“I finished the Quiet On Set documentary and took a few days to process it. I reached out to Drake privately, but wanted to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world,” he wrote Thursday.

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