Drake Bell said he turned to "destructive behaviors" after a Nickelodeon dialogue coach sexually abused him when he was a teenager.
In the Investigation Discovery series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV," Bell said he was sexually abused by Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
In an interview with Business Insider, Bell, who starred on Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show" and "Drake and Josh," described Nickelodeon as a "factory" where child stars were "expendable."
"I experienced a lot of great things in my life, in my career during all this time," Bell said in "Quiet On Set."
In subsequent years, Bell turned to "destructive behaviors" such as drinking excessively in an effort to "escape as best I could with the tools that I had," he told BI.
Persons:
Drake Bell, Bell, Brian Peck, Peck, Drake, Josh
Organizations:
Nickelodeon, Kids, Business