He was subsequently convicted and spent 16 months in prison.
Both Strong and Friedle remember spending a lot of time with Peck on set and off.
I saw him every day, hung out with him every day, talked to him every day."
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This is a boundary between adults and kids,'" Fishel said.
“My instinct initially was, ‘My friend, this cant be.
Its gotta be the other persons fault,'” Friedle said.
“The story makes complete sense the way that hes saying it.”
“He didnt say that nothing had happened,” Rider said.
I am going to take whatever punishment the government determines, but Im a victim of jailbait.
There was this hot guy, I just did this thing and hes underage.’
And we bought that storyline.
So when Peck asked Strong and Friedle to support him in court, they agreed.
They even wrote letters to the judge to defend Peck.
And Friedle said the victim’s mother called out Peck for bringing them to court.
It was like, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’
It was horrifying all the way around.
We werent told the whole story, but it doesnt change the fact that we did it.
Representatives for Peck did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
