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‘This Happened to Me’: Drake Bell Says Son Inspired Him to Talk About Sexual Abuse

Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell said having a young son helped motivate him to talk about his alleged sexual abuse when he was a child star.

By 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to two charges of child sexual abuse, was sentenced to 16 months in jail, and ordered to register as a sex offender. After Bell was identified as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, a Nickelodeon spokesperson previously told Rolling Stone, “We are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to come forward.” Just last month at a Los Angeles Emmys event, Bell said he’s still “reeling from the idea of bearing my soul to the world,” adding that beyond the glamour of Hollywood lies a “dark cesspool of disgusting waste.”

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