If nothing else in this documentary shows how destructive child stardom can be, this episode does. This is a heart-breaking exposé of what can happen to kids - what DID happen to one particular kid in this case - when networks turn a blind eye as long as the money keeps rolling in.
What happens is you get kids who are sexually abused, kids who end up with life-long trauma, kids who are beyond damaged.
My heart breaks for Drake Bell, and for his father who tried so hard to protect him from what he knew would happen but was undone by a calculating predator who knew exactly how to drive a wedge between father and son.
The fact that Peck only served 16 months in jail before almost literally walking out of jail and straight back into a job in Children's TV is disgusting.