Comment on Simpler times?

• CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Drake was a victim of sexual assault by his acting coach during his time at Nickelodeon. Dan Schneider was also the creator and producer of the show. There’s a Netflix documentary on how bad things got.

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  • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didnt he go on to groom young girls though? I remember he plead guilty to it like 5ish years ago. Not saying his experience was nullified by this but i think the greater context is important too.

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    • Statick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes and no. A lot of the allegations were found to be false.

      www.usatoday.com/story/…/73201463007/

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      • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If true, thats a bit of a relief. I had a huge crush on him back then

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    • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Abusers often are “paying forward” abuse they suffered.

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nice demonizing of survivors based on some shit you read once and gave no further thought to

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  • Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh wow, haven’t read about any of that. I’m not that great in celeb details, but this one is a big one.

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• anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Per Quiet on Set, at roughly that time in his life he was

  CW: CSA

  being regularly raped and otherwise abused by Dialogue Coach Brian Peck who worked for Nickelodeon at the time Wikipedia: Drake Bell Wikipedia: Brian Peck Wikipedia: Quiet on Set

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  • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How the fuck was he charged with 11 different sex crimes against a child and he only served 16 months? Motherfucker should have been thrown in jail for life. Disgusting.

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    • anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because Hollywood has a lot of parallels with the Catholic Church

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  • Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I only knew he was regarded as a bit of a dick himself, never heard about this all. Ty

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  • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Any relation to Josh?

    And correspondance with John Wayne Gacey is wild, he even hung one of his paintings according to the wiki.

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    • anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Indeed he did, but no relation to Josh.

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