Drake Bell is placing Will Friedle and Rider Strong on blast for his or her prior protection of intercourse offender Brian Peck … slamming them for what he claims is an absence of an apology.
The previous Nickelodeon star — who lately got here ahead with sexual abuse allegations in opposition to his ex-dialogue coach — referred to as out the “Boy Meets World” alums on Instagram Thursday as followers started suggesting Will and Rider have been victims too in all this.
Whereas some defended that Will and Rider have been manipulated by Brian into defending him –remember, they’d every written letters on Peck’s behalf in his prison case from 2004 — Drake wasn’t able to allow them to off the hook.
As Drake put it … Will and Rider weren’t minors on the time of the case. Apparently, the 2 TV stars have been 27 and 24 when this all occurred … and DB claims Brian even informed them what he had carried out when he was enlisting their assist.
Drake additionally alleged Won’t ever stated a phrase concerning the letter he wrote for Brian once they labored collectively on the Disney XD present, “Ultimate Spider-Man,” years later.
Drake alleged that Will and Rider’s recent comments concerning the state of affairs on their podcast have been simply their approach of making an attempt to get forward of the story. He added … “Everyone thought the letters would be sealed forever and no one would ever see them.”
Will and Rider paint a unique image, in fact … beforehand claiming on a February episode of “Pod Meets World” that they regretted their involvement within the case. They claimed that they did not know the complete extent of the allegations made in opposition to Brian — which included performing a lewd act with a 14 or 15-year-old and oral copulation with a minor beneath 16.
Brian was ultimately sentenced to 16 months in jail and ordered to register as a intercourse offender.