Brian Peck Hired A Lawyer To Oppose The Unsealing Of The Letters Of Support For 'Quiet On Set'

According to the 'Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV' filmmakers, Brian Peck did not want the letters of support he received to be unsealed.

As The Blast previously reported, while working at Nickelodeon, the former dialogue coach faced sexual assault accusations from actor Drake Bell. Several celebrities, including James Marsden, Will Friedle, and Kimmy Robertson, supported Peck through letters despite the charges.

In August 2003, Brian Peck was arrested on 11 charges of child sexual abuse. Fourteen months later, he was sentenced to 16 months in jail and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

At the time, it was unclear who the victim was, but in the recent 'Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV,' Drake Bell came forward as the accuser.

The docuseries also released some of the letters of support that were written to the judge in Peck's case, something that the former Nickelodeon voice coach reportedly tried to stop.

According to 'Quiet On Set' filmmaker Mary Robertson, Brian Peck was "aware that we petitioned the court to unseal the letters of support" and he "hired a lawyer to oppose that."

"Obviously, the court disagreed with that," Robertson told Variety. "And there’s certainly, I think, a lot of questions about what happened in the years after he was convicted, after he went to jail and registered as a sex offender and continued to work in Hollywood on sets — including sets with children — for many years.”

Television directors Beth and Rich Correll as well as 'Boy Meets World' actors Will Friedle and Rider Strong were among those who wrote letters.

Former Disney Channel star Rider Strong called Brian Peck "undoubtedly one of the funniest people [he has] ever met."

"Unlike most people, however, Brian does not harbor any desperate or depressed feelings for which his humor compensates," Strong continued. "He is intelligent, well-informed, and very straightforward."

"It was extremely disturbing to learn of Brian's arrest. Maliciousness is so antithetical to his nature, it is impossible for me to comprehend a situation that would lead him to do something illegal or even inappropriate," he later added.

Kimmy Robertson also wrote a letter "the Honorable Michael Hoff," which, according to court documents exposed on Business Insider, read:

"I have known Brian [Peck] since 1981. We were both in our first movie together. We both played nerds so none of the other cast members talked to us because they thought we really were nerds. So we spent the six weeks it took to shoot the film, 'The Last American V-rgin', together. I was struck by how nice Brian [Peck] was.

He was totally generous with his time and advice, I had never acted before and he helped me do everything. After that we became best friends and did all kinds of things together. We have become like family. Sharing holidays at my house with his parents and my parents, going on vacations together, making our way in this business and avoiding all the rotten people that are so attracted to acting, and actors."

She added that she believes "Brian [Peck] was pressured and pushed beyond belief before he caved in with [Redacted]" and then asked the judge to see the "rarity of an honest, sweet, and caring man."

In the docuseries, 'Drake & Josh' star Drake Bell told viewers how his relationship with Brian Peck took a turn.

“You know, anytime I had an audition, or anytime I needed to work on dialogue or anything, I somehow ended up back at Brian’s house," Bell told producers. “I was sleeping on the couch where I would usually sleep, and I woke up to him, I opened my eyes, I woke up, and he was sexually assaulting me and I froze and in complete shock and had no idea what to do or how to react, and I had no idea how to get out of the situation."

The former Nickelodeon star said the abuse "just got worse, and worse, and worse, and worse," leaving him "trapped" with "no way out."