1. In January 2004,Copy !req
2. Dan Schneider launches
his next big show.Copy !req
3. Nickelodeon presents
Drake & Josh,Copy !req
4. premiering January 11th.Copy !req
5. It's one that would
go on to establishCopy !req
6. the next generation
of Nick stars.Copy !req
7. He's gonna be my...Copy !req
8. Hug me, brother!Copy !req
9. The hit Nickelodeon show,
Drake & Josh.Copy !req
10. If you have a tween
at home,Copy !req
11. you're probably familiar
with the Nickelodeon show,Copy !req
12. Drake & Josh.Copy !req
13. Nickelodeon star,
Drake Bell,Copy !req
14. is a multi-talented singer,
writer and actor.Copy !req
15. I just released this single,Copy !req
16. it's number one on
the rock charts right now
in Mexico.Copy !req
17. We want Drake! We want Drake!Copy !req
18. He's beautiful.Copy !req
19. You killed it, brother.Copy !req
20. Thank you, man.
Thank you so much.Copy !req
21. But it was the lead up to
this premier of Drake and JoshCopy !req
22. that marked one of the darkest
chapters in this story.Copy !req
23. Dialogue coach,
Brian Peck, is arrested.Copy !req
24. We were still in shock
of the announcementCopy !req
25. that Brian will no longer
be working with us.Copy !req
26. We were like, "What happened?"Copy !req
27. And when this is announced,Copy !req
28. it is said that these charges
are related to a child actor.Copy !req
29. It certainly has
all of the ingredientsCopy !req
30. for huge scandal.Copy !req
31. But it wasn't.Copy !req
32. My name is Drake Bell,Copy !req
33. and I came here today
to tell my story.Copy !req
34. Have you ever told your story
publicly before?Copy !req
35. I have never
told my story publicly.Copy !req
36. No.Copy !req
37. I started acting
when I was five years old.Copy !req
38. My mom and my dad
were going through divorce,Copy !req
39. and my dad was
looking for somethingCopy !req
40. to do with his son.Copy !req
41. I love to make people laugh.Copy !req
42. It was just drawn
to old movies,Copy !req
43. anything black and white.Copy !req
44. I Love Lucy
and Abbott and CostelloCopy !req
45. and Jerry Lewis
and Dean MartinCopy !req
46. and the Marx Brothers.Copy !req
47. I saw a magazine called
the parenting magazine,Copy !req
48. I started shuffling through it
and I saw an advertisement forCopy !req
49. the Kids Hollywood Connection.Copy !req
50. And I thought,
"Whoa, that's somethingCopy !req
51. that Drake could do.Copy !req
52. Robin, my ex-wife,
she said, "Oh, that's great."Copy !req
53. And I started taking him
to auditions.Copy !req
54. Then got
a manager and an agent,Copy !req
55. and then we were off.Copy !req
56. Pop, he knows everything.Copy !req
57. Wouldn't it be fun to fly?Copy !req
58. the candy bar.Copy !req
59. No,Copy !req
60. Me just being a kid,Copy !req
61. and my dad not coming from
having any background it,Copy !req
62. we were sort of just flying
by the seat of our pants.Copy !req
63. He started getting
some commercialsCopy !req
64. and doing things like that.Copy !req
65. You can't catch
all 150 Pokemon by yourself.Copy !req
66. So close.Copy !req
67. Then we just continuedCopy !req
68. the everyday picking him up
at 3:30 at school.Copy !req
69. Go out, audition,Copy !req
70. wouldn't get home
until 10:00, 11:00 at night.Copy !req
71. Go back, do the same thing
the next day.Copy !req
72. Him and I just became so closeCopy !req
73. that it was like
it was just natural.Copy !req
74. And he loved it.Copy !req
75. As I grew older,Copy !req
76. I did more guest spots
on TV shows in the late 90s.Copy !req
77. He'd booked
Home Improvement.Copy !req
78. And Drake came on as
a little construction guy.Copy !req
79. Thank you for my swing set,
Mr. Tool Man.Copy !req
80. He also did an episode
of Seinfeld,Copy !req
81. where George Costanza isCopy !req
82. wanting this video machine,Copy !req
83. and Drake's
in there playing it.Copy !req
84. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
85. Eh, beat it, punk.Copy !req
86. And then he got the role
for Jerry Maguire.Copy !req
87. As he's walking down the hall,Copy !req
88. he turns back to Tom CruiseCopy !req
89. and he's supposed
to flip him off.Copy !req
90. But Drake wouldn't even
use his middle finger.Copy !req
91. He used the ring finger.Copy !req
92. If you watch the movie,
you'll see that.Copy !req
93. But you gotta look real close.Copy !req
94. And the goal, eventually,
you know, became toCopy !req
95. get on a TV show and...Copy !req
96. be a series regular
somehow, someway.Copy !req
97. I don't believe this.Copy !req
98. Look at this, Jill.Copy !req
99. You see, Jill,
a regular studentCopy !req
100. wouldn't give this
discarded piece of rubbish
a second glance...Copy !req
101. Then, when we was 12,Copy !req
102. an audition came up for
The Amanda ShowCopy !req
103. on Nickelodeon.Copy !req
104. So we're walking down
the hallway of Paramount,Copy !req
105. and Drake had just
done an audition.Copy !req
106. Dan Schneider
comes out and says,
"Hey, come here, Drake."Copy !req
107. And he goes,
"Amanda wants you
on the show."Copy !req
108. And then I got a call
that I had booked the show,Copy !req
109. and that was just
the greatest experience ever.Copy !req
110. I mean, I had been waiting
for this momentCopy !req
111. to be able to go
somewhere every dayCopy !req
112. and do what I love.Copy !req
113. And, you know,
it's Nickelodeon,Copy !req
114. so it's a kid's dream.Copy !req
115. For the first season,
it was great.Copy !req
116. You know, we were at
the Paramount Studios.Copy !req
117. Any time those lights went upCopy !req
118. and the camera
started rolling,Copy !req
119. it was just...Copy !req
120. It was like time to play.Copy !req
121. There were a lot of really fun
sketches and characters.Copy !req
122. Like, Totally KyleCopy !req
123. was, like, this surfer dude,
and he'd tell like these...Copy !req
124. wacky stories.Copy !req
125. You know, "One time, uh...Copy !req
126. I saw a spider...Copy !req
127. And I was all, "Ah! Spider!"Copy !req
128. And the spider was all...Copy !req
129. "Ah! Kyle!"Copy !req
130. It was just a lot of fun.Copy !req
131. Dan would be down on set,Copy !req
132. and we'd hear him laughing.Copy !req
133. And then he'd come up and he'dCopy !req
134. give us different, you know,
ways to play somethingCopy !req
135. and make it funnier.Copy !req
136. Everything was
really, really cool.Copy !req
137. Until we got to...Copy !req
138. Nickelodeon on Sunset.Copy !req
139. When we moved
over to Nick on SunsetCopy !req
140. from Paramount Studios,Copy !req
141. Brian Peck came in
during the second season.Copy !req
142. Brian was a dialogue coach
on The Amanda Show.Copy !req
143. And met him the first dayCopy !req
144. the second season
when we did a table read.Copy !req
145. He got along with everyone.Copy !req
146. Everyone got along with him.Copy !req
147. He'd been working
in the industryCopy !req
148. for a very, very long time.Copy !req
149. He knew tons about
the history Hollywood,Copy !req
150. and that's what I loved.Copy !req
151. We would just rap about
stuff like that.Copy !req
152. It's like reading a book about
the history of Hollywood.Copy !req
153. I was told that
Brian was a good coachCopy !req
154. and that he could really
get Drake some jobs.Copy !req
155. He worked with
Leonardo DiCaprio,Copy !req
156. he worked with this person,
that person.Copy !req
157. I said, "Oh, okay."Copy !req
158. Well, he said, "Oh, well,
you need to come to my houseCopy !req
159. because that's where
I give the lessons."Copy !req
160. So we started using him
as an acting coach.Copy !req
161. Everything seemed okay
in the beginning.Copy !req
162. But I was always within
eye distance of them.Copy !req
163. And it was just really fun
to go to Brian's house.Copy !req
164. He would have parties.Copy !req
165. Parents, they were there.Copy !req
166. He had this really cool houseCopy !req
167. with all of this
Hollywood memorabilia,Copy !req
168. and it was just a house
you wanted to live in.Copy !req
169. He just seemed like...Copy !req
170. any other...Copy !req
171. nice co-worker...Copy !req
172. you know, at that point.Copy !req
173. Brian and I became
really closeCopy !req
174. because we had a lot of
the same interests.Copy !req
175. Which, looking back,
I think that was probablyCopy !req
176. a little calculated.Copy !req
177. You hear the scuttlebutt
about the business,Copy !req
178. and you got to watch
your kids,
and this and that,Copy !req
179. so I was very attentive.Copy !req
180. All the other parents
would be seen and not heard,Copy !req
181. which I would never
interrupt anything,Copy !req
182. but very rarely
sat in the green room,Copy !req
183. I'd always be off set.Copy !req
184. Somewhere where I could always
keep my eyes on Drake.Copy !req
185. And unfortunately,
I started with seeingCopy !req
186. Brian just start to
hang around Drake too much.Copy !req
187. And it didn't
set well with me.Copy !req
188. Drake would be
in the dressing room
or something,Copy !req
189. and in would pop Brian.Copy !req
190. And, um...Copy !req
191. Uh...Copy !req
192. Just touch Drake.Copy !req
193. You know, do things that...Copy !req
194. "Wait a second,
what are you doing?Copy !req
195. Drake can put that
on his self."Copy !req
196. And the thing is,
this is in front of people.Copy !req
197. Then he'd maybe
walk over to DrakeCopy !req
198. and be feeding him
some lines or whatever,Copy !req
199. and put his arm
around his waist,Copy !req
200. put his hand
up on his shoulderCopy !req
201. and kind of run it
down his arm.Copy !req
202. And things like that.Copy !req
203. And this would
happen routinely.Copy !req
204. Was just always uncomfortable.Copy !req
205. Leo, as you know,Copy !req
206. the latest, hottest, hunkiest
teen idol there is.Copy !req
207. Yeah, these muscles.Copy !req
208. I saw this video
of Brian PeckCopy !req
209. on Growing Pains
with Leonardo DiCaprio.Copy !req
210. Grabbing his shoulder,Copy !req
211. run it across him
and going down his arms.Copy !req
212. That's the kind of behavior
I saw him with my son.Copy !req
213. Same frickin' behavior.Copy !req
214. So I went to productionCopy !req
215. and said, you know, "I really
am very uncomfortableCopy !req
216. with this guy, Brian Peck...Copy !req
217. always being around my son."Copy !req
218. I go, "I don't see
anything abnormal,Copy !req
219. but it just doesn't...Copy !req
220. I don't have a good feeling."Copy !req
221. And she just goes,
"Oh, well, I don't knowCopy !req
222. if you knew it or not,
but he's gay.Copy !req
223. Maybe you're just homophobic,
and you just...Copy !req
224. You know, you just
don't understandCopy !req
225. that he's a touchy-feely guy."Copy !req
226. So I said, "Okay."Copy !req
227. And then it just... it just...Copy !req
228. kept not setting well with me.Copy !req
229. So I told people on the set.Copy !req
230. And I was ostracized.Copy !req
231. And so I backed off.Copy !req
232. Brian was still my friend,
everything was fine.Copy !req
233. I didn't think anything of
anything that was happening.Copy !req
234. In hindsight,
I should've been able to...Copy !req
235. see, but as a kid,
you have no clue.Copy !req
236. My dad saw it a mile away.Copy !req
237. During the Amanda Show,Copy !req
238. we were still working
on the next ideaCopy !req
239. for what would be
the Drake & Josh show.Copy !req
240. We were working on a sketch
for The Amanda Show.Copy !req
241. Hey, shrimp.Copy !req
242. Josh and I get into,
like, a tussleCopy !req
243. over this... this...Copy !req
244. grilled shrimp that had landed
from the sky.Copy !req
245. Give it!Copy !req
246. No! No! I want it!Copy !req
247. One of the writers
of The Amanda ShowCopy !req
248. had leaned over to
Dan and said,Copy !req
249. "Hey, you know,
Nickelodeon's looking forCopy !req
250. some sort of new
buddy comedy."Copy !req
251. And he pointed to the monitor
and he goes,Copy !req
252. "There's your buddies
right there."Copy !req
253. I want the shrimp!Copy !req
254. - I will get you—
- I want the shrimp!Copy !req
255. Dan took me out
to lunch one day.Copy !req
256. We went to a place
called Off Vine,Copy !req
257. right next to Nick on Sunset.Copy !req
258. He was saying, you know,
"I'm coming up with this ideaCopy !req
259. for you and Josh.Copy !req
260. Would you be interested
in doing that?"Copy !req
261. We couldn't believe it.Copy !req
262. I mean, me and my dad
just drove home just going,Copy !req
263. "What in the world?
Like, this is...Copy !req
264. This is what
I've always dreamed of."Copy !req
265. We were excited.Copy !req
266. But that's right when Brian
had got his hooks in.Copy !req
267. He's the one that started
telling drake thatCopy !req
268. I shouldn't be his manager.Copy !req
269. And I confronted Brian
about that.Copy !req
270. And he goes,
"Well, parents shouldn't be
their child's managers."Copy !req
271. And I just blew it off.Copy !req
272. Because I don't think
that was ever gonna happen.Copy !req
273. So Brian started
integrating himselfCopy !req
274. into my life pretty heavily.Copy !req
275. He would come to my concerts.Copy !req
276. And that's when it started
to get a little bit, um...Copy !req
277. A little bit more
extracurricular than normal.Copy !req
278. Like, Dan might have
come to a concertCopy !req
279. if it was really close to him.Copy !req
280. But Brian would drive
to San DiegoCopy !req
281. to see a concert
I was playing.Copy !req
282. At that time,
totally normal to me.Copy !req
283. Then there was a time
that I set up a concertCopy !req
284. at Strawberry Festival
for Drake and his band.Copy !req
285. And who pops up? Brian Peck.Copy !req
286. Who pops up? Brian's friends.Copy !req
287. And they're following DrakeCopy !req
288. all through
the Strawberry Festival.Copy !req
289. And I'm just going,
"What is this?"Copy !req
290. It was my first band
that I'd ever played with.Copy !req
291. Brand new.Copy !req
292. Just exciting
to be playing live,Copy !req
293. and it was just like,
"My friends are coming
to my shows."Copy !req
294. Like, "Cool."Copy !req
295. And then there was
a birthday party for Drake.Copy !req
296. And Brian wanted
to have it at his house.Copy !req
297. And I said, "Whoa, Brian,
I don't want DrakeCopy !req
298. having his birthday party
at your house."Copy !req
299. It was
my 15th birthday.Copy !req
300. Brian had suggested,Copy !req
301. "Oh, hey, you can perform,
and everybody can come."Copy !req
302. I lived in Orange County
which was an hour away,Copy !req
303. and everyone I wanted
to come to my birthdayCopy !req
304. was who I worked with
on the show.Copy !req
305. And so it made it easy.Copy !req
306. It just didn't seem
like somethingCopy !req
307. that was that
out of the ordinary.Copy !req
308. Then after I got his
presents out of the car,Copy !req
309. I looked in a bagCopy !req
310. and I saw these, um...Copy !req
311. birthday cards from
Brian's friendsCopy !req
312. that were at the party,Copy !req
313. and they were
really inappropriate.Copy !req
314. They just had
adult things in them,Copy !req
315. adult descriptions.Copy !req
316. And I thought,
"Woah, this is..."Copy !req
317. And then I said,
"Drake, what is this?"Copy !req
318. He goes, "I don't know.
I didn't even know
I have those."Copy !req
319. And so we just
left it at that.Copy !req
320. The situation
with BrianCopy !req
321. is it had all been
building up.Copy !req
322. And so my dad started
making it very difficultCopy !req
323. for Brian to be around me.Copy !req
324. I think Brian got a sense
that my dad was...Copy !req
325. on the watch.Copy !req
326. And so he started
to really drive a wedgeCopy !req
327. between my dad and me.Copy !req
328. He started talking aboutCopy !req
329. how my dad's
stealing my money,Copy !req
330. nobody likes
that my dad's on set,Copy !req
331. he's a real problem.Copy !req
332. So he just started
making me believe thatCopy !req
333. he was horrible for my career,Copy !req
334. I wasn't gonna
be able to move forward
with him in it.Copy !req
335. And coming from
someone like Brian,Copy !req
336. I was believing it
because he's...Copy !req
337. been in this business
for so longCopy !req
338. and he must know more than us.Copy !req
339. Also because I was
spending so much timeCopy !req
340. more so around him
than I was really my dad.Copy !req
341. I think Drake was so
distraught over everythingCopy !req
342. that he avoided me.Copy !req
343. Which is understandable.Copy !req
344. He was under a lot of,
"I don't want my dad
to be my manager.Copy !req
345. I feel guilty about that."Copy !req
346. And my mom and my dadCopy !req
347. had a very tumultuous
relationship.Copy !req
348. They did not get along.Copy !req
349. And I think Brian saw that.Copy !req
350. So Brian really started
getting into my mom's mindCopy !req
351. and telling her
the same thingsCopy !req
352. he was telling me.Copy !req
353. He found an attorneyCopy !req
354. to find out about Drake's
financial situation.Copy !req
355. There was never
any mishandling of any funds.Copy !req
356. But it was like
an army against my dad.Copy !req
357. After that, Drake had stayed
with his mom for about a week,Copy !req
358. and then I got a phone call
from his mom.Copy !req
359. Saying, "Drake doesn't
want you to be his
manager anymore."Copy !req
360. And my dad was like,Copy !req
361. "Is this what you want to do?"Copy !req
362. At that time,Copy !req
363. I said, "I want what
my son wants."Copy !req
364. It's killing me,
it's hurting me...Copy !req
365. It's breaking my heart,Copy !req
366. but I want to do
what Drake wants."Copy !req
367. So, I said, "Okay."Copy !req
368. Our relationship was
just completely eviscerated.Copy !req
369. I think he felt like
he was going throughCopy !req
370. the divorce with my mom
all over again.Copy !req
371. And fighting for me again,Copy !req
372. you know, just like he didCopy !req
373. when I was five years old,
you know?Copy !req
374. Oh, man, this will
make me cry,Copy !req
375. thinking about it like that.Copy !req
376. Um...Copy !req
377. I broke down and cried.Copy !req
378. I knew that was gonnaCopy !req
379. sever me and my
son's relationship.Copy !req
380. And that I wouldn't
be seeing him.Copy !req
381. And, uh,Copy !req
382. it wasn't like he was
five years old,Copy !req
383. where I could say,
"Give me my visitation."Copy !req
384. Because Drake was old enough
to make his own decisions.Copy !req
385. So I turned her over,
you know, the bank account,Copy !req
386. I turned her over
all kinds of...Copy !req
387. paperwork that she neededCopy !req
388. to be able to handle
Drake's career.Copy !req
389. But I did say to her,Copy !req
390. and I said this to her
in person, I said,Copy !req
391. "But...Copy !req
392. you never...Copy !req
393. ever leave Drake alone
with Brian Peck,Copy !req
394. and you never let him
be around himCopy !req
395. unsupervised, period,
whatsoever.Copy !req
396. And Brian just
absolutely tricked her.Copy !req
397. He knew that I loved
going to Disneyland.Copy !req
398. He would say,
"Hey, me and my friends
are going to DisneylandCopy !req
399. you know, would you
like to come?"Copy !req
400. And we'd go spend
the whole day thereCopy !req
401. and have a great time.Copy !req
402. This point, production of
The Amanda Show was over.Copy !req
403. There was all this just time
of, like, floating around.Copy !req
404. We hadn't gone into production
for Drake and Josh.Copy !req
405. And we hadn't shot the pilot.Copy !req
406. There was a huge gap.Copy !req
407. And then, very, very quickly,Copy !req
408. Brian put himself
in the positionCopy !req
409. of what my dad was doing
my whole life.Copy !req
410. My mom didn't want
to drive to LA.Copy !req
411. She didn't like driving.Copy !req
412. So Brian would come
and pick me up for auditions.Copy !req
413. I would end up
staying the nightCopy !req
414. because, well, I lived
in Orange CountyCopy !req
415. and I would have auditions,
and then it would be,Copy !req
416. you know, easier to drive me
home the next dayCopy !req
417. instead of driving me home
and getting me home
at midnight,Copy !req
418. or whatever...
Whatever excuse, you know,Copy !req
419. he came up with.Copy !req
420. And that's the way
it happened, uh...Copy !req
421. for quite a while.Copy !req
422. He had... he had pretty muchCopy !req
423. worked his way into
every aspect of my life.Copy !req
424. Everything changed
with Brian one morning.Copy !req
425. It just... everything...Copy !req
426. I knew that everything...Copy !req
427. I knew that my life
was gonna be absolutely,
completely differentCopy !req
428. from that point on.Copy !req
429. I was sleeping on the couch
where I would usually sleep.Copy !req
430. And, uh...Copy !req
431. I woke up to him...Copy !req
432. uh...Copy !req
433. I... I...Copy !req
434. I opened my eyes, I woke up.Copy !req
435. And he was, uh...Copy !req
436. He was sexually assaulting me.Copy !req
437. And...Copy !req
438. I froze and was in
complete shockCopy !req
439. and had no idea what...Copy !req
440. to doCopy !req
441. or how to react.Copy !req
442. And...Copy !req
443. I had no idea how to
get out of the situation.Copy !req
444. I couldn't run outside,
have my—Copy !req
445. I mean— I just—Copy !req
446. You know, what am I gonna
call my mom and be like,Copy !req
447. "Hey, this just happened.
Can you come and pick me up?Copy !req
448. I'll just sit here and wait."Copy !req
449. I had no car, I didn't drive.Copy !req
450. I was 15 at this time.Copy !req
451. And so...Copy !req
452. it just became this...Copy !req
453. this secret
that I had held onto.Copy !req
454. And it became...Copy !req
455. You know, I couldn't say
I no longer wanted to go
to Brian's house,Copy !req
456. because then they're gonna
raise questions,Copy !req
457. "Well, why don't you want
to go to Brian's?"Copy !req
458. And then, you know,
he's so apologetic,Copy !req
459. "Oh, this will never
happen again,Copy !req
460. I'm so sorry," you know—Copy !req
461. "I don't know what
got into me."Copy !req
462. And, "I crossed the line."Copy !req
463. And, "This will never
happen again."Copy !req
464. Um...Copy !req
465. And, well...Copy !req
466. He figured out how to...Copy !req
467. convince my mom
and everyone around to...Copy !req
468. have me—Copy !req
469. You know, anytime I would
have an audition,Copy !req
470. or any time I need to work
on dialogue or anything,Copy !req
471. I somehow ended up
back at Brian's house.Copy !req
472. And it just got worseCopy !req
473. and worse and worse...Copy !req
474. and, um...Copy !req
475. and worse.Copy !req
476. And...Copy !req
477. I was just trapped.Copy !req
478. And I didn't...Copy !req
479. I had...Copy !req
480. I have no way out.Copy !req
481. The abuse was extensive.Copy !req
482. And it got, uh...Copy !req
483. pretty brutal.Copy !req
484. Pretty brutal. Um...Copy !req
485. I don't know, uh...Copy !req
486. I really don't know
how to, uh...Copy !req
487. Um...Copy !req
488. elaborate on that
on camera, really.Copy !req
489. Whatever you feel comfortable,
or you think would—Copy !req
490. - Why don't you do this?
Yeah.Copy !req
491. I don't you think of
the worst stuffCopy !req
492. that someone could do
to somebodyCopy !req
493. as a sexual assault,Copy !req
494. and that'll answer
your question.Copy !req
495. I don't know
how else to put it.Copy !req
496. It was not a...Copy !req
497. one-time thing,
it was not a...Copy !req
498. "Oops, I...Copy !req
499. No, it was— I mean—Copy !req
500. Ah!Copy !req
501. I often look back at that timeCopy !req
502. and wonder how
in the world I survived.Copy !req
503. I remember all
of the abusive events.Copy !req
504. But...Copy !req
505. everything outside of that
is very blurry to me.Copy !req
506. Which is a bummer
because I, uh...Copy !req
507. I experienced a lot of
great things in my life,Copy !req
508. in my career
during all this time.Copy !req
509. But it was
so overshadowed and...Copy !req
510. and ruined byCopy !req
511. what I was dealing with
on the inside.Copy !req
512. Um, that...Copy !req
513. it made it really hard for me.Copy !req
514. I didn't feel like
anyone knew anything.Copy !req
515. I was...Copy !req
516. under the impression that this
was just a big, giant secret.Copy !req
517. I just hoped and prayedCopy !req
518. that one day
it would just stop.Copy !req
519. And then I got a girlfriend,Copy !req
520. and I was basically
spending all of my timeCopy !req
521. at my girlfriend's house
because I felt...Copy !req
522. so safe there.Copy !req
523. And her mom...Copy !req
524. It took her about
six seconds...Copy !req
525. to, uh...Copy !req
526. to catch on to
what was going on.Copy !req
527. There was this time
that I was at her house,Copy !req
528. and Brian had planned
to take me to Disneyland.Copy !req
529. I was like,
"This is not happening.Copy !req
530. I'm not going...Copy !req
531. "I don't— No."Copy !req
532. And Brian's calling
my cell phone non-stop.Copy !req
533. I was just ignoring it.Copy !req
534. Well, he started calling
my girlfriend's house.Copy !req
535. Non-stop.Copy !req
536. I mean, over and over
and over and over.Copy !req
537. Finally, her mom answered.Copy !req
538. And brought it to me.Copy !req
539. And he's like,
"What are you doing?
We had plans."Copy !req
540. People are watching me
on the phone,Copy !req
541. so I just played it off like,
"I must've made double plans,Copy !req
542. but I'm... I'm gonna
hang here tonight.Copy !req
543. And he got really upset.Copy !req
544. And I hung up the phone.Copy !req
545. And he started calling back
and calling back.Copy !req
546. My girlfriends mom said,
"Hey, Drake,Copy !req
547. can I talk to you
in the kitchen for a second?"Copy !req
548. She shuts the door behind me
so it's just the two of us.Copy !req
549. She's like, "What's going on?"Copy !req
550. And I go...Copy !req
551. "Oh, yeah, Brian,
we had plans"Copy !req
552. She goes, "No, no, no, no.Copy !req
553. A 40-something year old manCopy !req
554. does not call
my daughter's boyfriendCopy !req
555. like that.Copy !req
556. My girlfriends mom asked,
"What's going on?"Copy !req
557. And I go...Copy !req
558. "Oh, you know,
he is kind of strange.Copy !req
559. I'm trying to distance
myself from himCopy !req
560. because, like, things
are getting a little weird."Copy !req
561. So, she took matters
into her own hands.Copy !req
562. She called my mom, she's like,Copy !req
563. "I'm taking Drake to see
our therapist tomorrowCopy !req
564. because something...Copy !req
565. Something is going on.Copy !req
566. And we need to
figure it out because...Copy !req
567. Seems like he's
in quite a bit of danger."Copy !req
568. I'm so I went
to the therapist and...Copy !req
569. I just felt so scared
to say anything,Copy !req
570. I didn't know
how to explain it.Copy !req
571. I mean, I still don't.
I mean, I'm still like...Copy !req
572. You know, I've never...Copy !req
573. talked about this
outside of...Copy !req
574. therapy, which...Copy !req
575. And, uh...Copy !req
576. Um...Copy !req
577. And I just... I just said,Copy !req
578. "Nah, you know, it's...
Everything's...Copy !req
579. Everything's normal.Copy !req
580. It's just, you know,
things are getting
a little weird, but...Copy !req
581. But nothing's happened." Uh...Copy !req
582. You know, "Good thing
we caught it when we did,"
you know.Copy !req
583. And then I realized...Copy !req
584. it was just so calculated,
you know, it's just...Copy !req
585. I was like, "Wow, you got...Copy !req
586. you moved all the pieces
into place."Copy !req
587. The whole thing
was mental manipulation.Copy !req
588. He was so integrated
in all of theseCopy !req
589. different productions,Copy !req
590. and the knew these
directors and these producers,Copy !req
591. that if I...Copy !req
592. were to...Copy !req
593. say anything or...Copy !req
594. do anything...Copy !req
595. that...Copy !req
596. he had the ability
to basically...Copy !req
597. go, "You're never gonna work
with this person,Copy !req
598. you're never gonna work
with that person."Copy !req
599. So, it was me believing
that I wouldCopy !req
600. never be able
to do this ever again.Copy !req
601. And I would have to go...Copy !req
602. figure out
how to wax surfboards or...Copy !req
603. You know?Copy !req
604. I didn't want to risk that.Copy !req
605. You know, I was doing
what I loved to do and...Copy !req
606. And so I just kept it inside.Copy !req
607. We ended up having to re-shoot
the pilot for Drake & Josh.Copy !req
608. And Brian was trying to get meCopy !req
609. to convince DanCopy !req
610. that he should be
the dad on the show.Copy !req
611. And...Copy !req
612. I was like,
"That is not gonna happen.Copy !req
613. You're not coming
anywhere near the show."Copy !req
614. And then...Copy !req
615. one day, I was just
on the phone to my mom.Copy !req
616. I just exploded.Copy !req
617. I have no idea
what provoked it,Copy !req
618. I have no idea what happened.Copy !req
619. But I just...Copy !req
620. screamed into the phone...Copy !req
621. everything...Copy !req
622. that had been happening to me.Copy !req
623. My mom immediately
called the police,Copy !req
624. and within I don't know
how much time,Copy !req
625. I was sitting in...Copy !req
626. the dining room
of my mom's houseCopy !req
627. with a few detectives
and my mom,Copy !req
628. being asked what happened.Copy !req
629. The investigation
was pretty brutal.Copy !req
630. I had to, uh...Copy !req
631. be, uh...Copy !req
632. excruciatingly detailed...Copy !req
633. uh...Copy !req
634. about every single...Copy !req
635. thing— time that it
had happened...Copy !req
636. with two absolute strangers.Copy !req
637. The worst part wasCopy !req
638. I had to make
a phone call to BrianCopy !req
639. and get him to admit...Copy !req
640. um...Copy !req
641. what he had done.Copy !req
642. And so...Copy !req
643. there I was in this room
of my mom's house.Copy !req
644. It looked like a movie.Copy !req
645. They had old-style
tape recorder...Copy !req
646. attached to a black
phone, landline.Copy !req
647. You know, they had their
headphones on.Copy !req
648. I took a couple of times.Copy !req
649. Then I had called...Copy !req
650. he answers.Copy !req
651. So I said...Copy !req
652. "You know, I'm really
struggling with...Copy !req
653. with this stuff now and..."Copy !req
654. Like, "I'm so torn up,
I'm so brokenCopy !req
655. I... I can't...Copy !req
656. I'm so emotionally
distressed right now."Copy !req
657. And, "Why... Why did...Copy !req
658. Why did this happen?"Copy !req
659. You know?Copy !req
660. He just started
a full-on confession.Copy !req
661. And then...Copy !req
662. He kept asking me
over and over again.Copy !req
663. He's like,
"Are we being recorded?"Copy !req
664. It was just all these
mixed emotions of... of...Copy !req
665. "Thank God. Finally."Copy !req
666. This...Copy !req
667. Finally, this gets handled.Copy !req
668. Finally, something happens
to this person.Copy !req
669. I was like, "What next?Copy !req
670. What next?" You know?Copy !req
671. "Am I gonna get to
make my show?Copy !req
672. Is this gonna be public?"Copy !req
673. I was losing my hair.Copy !req
674. I had these big scabs
on my head.Copy !req
675. I was going to the doctor,Copy !req
676. and the doctor was asking me,Copy !req
677. "You know, all of your
vitals are fine,Copy !req
678. but how is the...Copy !req
679. How's your stress level
these days?"Copy !req
680. I'm like, "It's very high."Copy !req
681. And then Brian got arrested...Copy !req
682. for doing really, really
horrendous things to me.Copy !req
683. These emotions that we're
going through me were...Copy !req
684. It's... It's relief and fear.Copy !req
685. You know, "Am I...Copy !req
686. going to survive this?"Copy !req
687. That's when my phone
started blowing up.Copy !req
688. "Did you hear
what happened to Brian?"Copy !req
689. I just hope that
nobody knew it was me.Copy !req
690. After Brian was arrested,Copy !req
691. Dan called and asked me...Copy !req
692. "Does this have anything
to do with you?"Copy !req
693. I was close enough with DanCopy !req
694. that I was like,
"Yeah, man, like, this is...Copy !req
695. This was what he's been doing.Copy !req
696. And Dan just goes,Copy !req
697. "You don't need to talk
anymore about it.Copy !req
698. That's all I needed to hear.
Are you okay?"Copy !req
699. You know, "Do you need
anything from me?Copy !req
700. Is there anything
that you need?"Copy !req
701. Brian was spending
so much time...Copy !req
702. around me that it was
pretty obvious.Copy !req
703. I get a phone call
from Drake.Copy !req
704. I go, "What's up?
I haven't heard from you
for a while."Copy !req
705. And I was like...
Did you see they got him?Copy !req
706. I go, "What do you mean?"Copy !req
707. "Brian, they arrested him."Copy !req
708. And Drake says,Copy !req
709. "They arrested him
for a molestation."Copy !req
710. I go, "You're kidding.Copy !req
711. I knew it. I knew it."Copy !req
712. And my dad just goes,
"I am so gladCopy !req
713. that he was not able
to get his hands on you."Copy !req
714. My dad's very emotional,
and I've just...Copy !req
715. We were starting to rekindle
our relationship,Copy !req
716. and I just couldn't...Copy !req
717. So I just said,
"Yeah, you know,
they got him."Copy !req
718. He's like, "Oh, I'm so glad.Copy !req
719. I knew he was gonna
do something to someone."Copy !req
720. How did it make you feel
when you finally found out?Copy !req
721. I was— are you kidding? I'm—Copy !req
722. I'm not the same today.Copy !req
723. The pain's still there
from the moment that I knew.Copy !req
724. It's just that...Copy !req
725. I don't wish this
on any parentCopy !req
726. or child whatsoever.Copy !req
727. It's just devastating.Copy !req
728. It took quite a while
to go to court.Copy !req
729. But a few weeks
after he was arrested,Copy !req
730. I had started
shooting the show,Copy !req
731. Drake & Josh.Copy !req
732. Thank God that I loved
what I was doing.Copy !req
733. When I was on set
and doing a scene with Josh,Copy !req
734. I was able to lose myself
and just have fun.Copy !req
735. Hey, Josh.Copy !req
736. You wanna go play
any basket—Copy !req
737. Sometimes you'd find
yourself on a red carpetCopy !req
738. or an event
or something like that.Copy !req
739. We're stepbrothers
on the show,Copy !req
740. and he's kind of
the nerdy, wacky kid,Copy !req
741. and I'm kind of
the "think I'm cool" guy,Copy !req
742. but I'm not really
that smooth.Copy !req
743. It was just exciting.Copy !req
744. But that juxtaposed
with one of the most...Copy !req
745. You know, probably the most...Copy !req
746. traumatic experiences
of my life.Copy !req
747. I didn't know
how to process it.Copy !req
748. And I think
that led to a lot of...Copy !req
749. A lot of self destructionCopy !req
750. and a lot of, uh...Copy !req
751. self loathing,
really, you know?Copy !req
752. So I would try and just escapeCopy !req
753. with alcohol abuse,
substance abuse.Copy !req
754. Um...Copy !req
755. Really just anything to...Copy !req
756. escape, really.Copy !req
757. And it was difficult, too,Copy !req
758. because on one hand, your...Copy !req
759. employer and...Copy !req
760. the people who are
making money off of you...Copy !req
761. are saying, "You have to be
this great role model."Copy !req
762. And I'm...Copy !req
763. sitting at home, going...Copy !req
764. "I don't know
how to be a role model.Copy !req
765. Nor do I have
the ability or capability
at this point."Copy !req
766. I'm curious,
you know, after the arrest,Copy !req
767. after this happened,Copy !req
768. did anyone at Nickelodeon,
any executivesCopy !req
769. talk to you, reach out to you?Copy !req
770. You know,
I'm not really certainCopy !req
771. how many people knew...Copy !req
772. who...Copy !req
773. it was.Copy !req
774. It wasn't really
brought up to me a lot.Copy !req
775. Maybe because, you know,
it's very sensitive subject.Copy !req
776. Um...Copy !req
777. But really, the only...Copy !req
778. person that I remember...Copy !req
779. being there for me...Copy !req
780. uh, was Dan.Copy !req
781. Unfortunately, there was
no therapy,Copy !req
782. and was left
to my own devices,Copy !req
783. which, at that age,
probably isn't the best thing.Copy !req
784. There's a long period,
and then we go to sentencing.Copy !req
785. I was hoping that
the outcome would beCopy !req
786. he goes to jail,Copy !req
787. he is there for a while,Copy !req
788. and that he would
never be able toCopy !req
789. work with kids again,Copy !req
790. which would, in turn,
pretty much meanCopy !req
791. that you're not gonna
work in Hollywood,Copy !req
792. because very few productionsCopy !req
793. don't have at least
one kid on the set.Copy !req
794. Is that what happened?Copy !req
795. No, that is not what happened.Copy !req
796. That's not what
happened at all.Copy !req