Nickelodeon actor Drake Bell is facing criminal charges regarding a girl he met online. The girl attended one of his 2017 concerts when she was 15.
Actor Drake Bell has denied allegations of verbal and physical abuse made by ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt in TikTok videos Wednesday.
Tyler Sinclair, spokesperson for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley, said the girl filed a complaint with Canadian police in October 2018. Police there contacted Cleveland police, prompting an investigation. The charge of attempted endangering children relates to the concert, Sinclair said, where Bell “violated his duty of care” and created a risk of harm to the victim. He didn’t elaborate further.
Bell and the girl had “developed a relationship” online several years before the concert, Sinclair said. The disseminating harmful material charge concerns Bell having sent the girl “inappropriate social media messages,” Sinclair said. Bell, also a singer, began acting as a child but was catapulted to stardom as a teen with Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show” and later “Drake & Josh,” which debuted on the channel in January 2004. The final episode aired in September 2007. Bell and costar Josh Beck also starred in two “Drake & Josh” movies.
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