“Boy Meets World” actors lifted the lid on guest star Brian Peck’s alleged grooming and manipulation that they claim they experienced during and after his time on the iconic sitcom.
“Boy Meets World” actors Rider Strong and Will Friedle lifted the lid on guest star Brian Peck’s alleged grooming and manipulation that they claim they experienced during and after his time on the iconic sitcom.
The men — along with former castmate Danielle Fishel — discussed “the difficult subjects of grooming, childhood sexual abuse and their effects on victims” with family therapist Kati Morton on “Pod Meets World,” per the official description of the latest iHeart podcast episode.
Four years after “Boy Meets World” ended, Peck, now 63, was convicted of sexually abusing an unknown Nickelodeon child actor in 2004. Subsequently, he served 16 months behind bars after being charged with eight counts of sexual abuse.
His crimes are expected to be explored in the upcoming ID docuseries, “Quiet on Set,” which uncovers the alleged abuse of children working in showbiz in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
Before Peck’s misdeeds came to light, though, he allegedly infiltrated the lives of the “Boy Meets World” stars — in inappropriate ways — during and after he appeared on the show in Season 5, which aired from October 1997 until May 1998.
“I didn’t really go to parties. I didn’t really do that stuff. But I was working a lot after ‘Boy Meets World,’ and this guy had so ingratiated himself into my life, I took him to three shows after ‘Boy Meets World,’” Friedle, 47, said, recalling the close relationship he ultimately developed with Peck.
“This was the type of thing where the person he presented was this great, funny guy who was really good at his job, and you wanted to hang out with … I saw him every day, hung out with him every day, talked to him every day.
