Drake Bell has weathered multiple arrests, abuse allegations and more since his introduction into the spotlight as a child star.

Bell rose to stardom after scoring several TV roles when he was more youthful. He made a name for himself following his time at Nickelodeon, which included hit initiatives corresponding to All That, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and the Fairly Odd Parents film trilogy.

The musician continued to lend his voice over the years to more than a few animated displays and video video games. Bell also seemed in lots of movies together with L.A. Slasher, American Satan and Cover Versions.

In August 2020, Bell’s personal life made headlines when his ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt accused him of abuse.

“First off I’d like to start out out by way of announcing I don’t in point of fact care if anyone believes me, as this is my story and my life and one thing that I went through. It wasn’t till lately that I in fact discovered that abuse isn’t one thing that each one girls have to go through,” she stated in a sequence of TikTok movies.

In the long social media uploads, Lingafelt recalled dating Bell from 2006 to 2009. (She said she was 16 and Bell was 20 after they began their romantic courting.)

“I used to be homeschooled, I moved in with him, I used to be singing,” she continued. “It wasn’t till a few 12 months [into the relationship] when the verbal abuse started. And when I say verbal abuse, believe the worst type of verbal abuse you must ever imagine, and that used to be what I got. It then become physical — hitting, throwing, the entirety. At the pinnacle of it, he drug [sic] me down the stairs of our area in Los Feliz, [California]. My face hit each and every step on the approach down. I've photos of this.”

The Splash contestant denied Lingafelt’s allegations, telling Variety that same month, “I by no means abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the different issues Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video. As our courting ended — greater than a decade in the past — we, unfortunately, each referred to as each different terrible names, as often occurs when couples are breaking apart. But this is it.”

He persevered, “Clearly, Melissa still felt close enough to me simply ultimate yr that she used to be comfortable reaching out to invite me to provide her with monetary make stronger all over a difficult time (which I did). I have no idea if these days’s habits is a few more or less faulty quest for more money or attention. But I cannot and won't permit these offensive and defamatory allegations to head unchallenged and I'm reviewing my criminal choices.”

Bell later pleaded guilty to two criminal counts of attempted child endangerment charges and disseminating topic damaging to juveniles. In June 2021, the Sam & Cat alum was once charged and he first of all pleaded no longer in charge. He changed his plea to guilty for an alleged incident that took place in December 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had a efficiency.

“Bell violated his accountability of care and, in doing so, created a possibility of damage to the sufferer,” Tyler Sinclair, spokesman for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, said in a statement at the pretrial hearing. “The investigation additionally published that months leading as much as the concert, Bell sent the victim beside the point social media messages.”

The California local was sentenced to two years of probation one month later. “I simply want to say nowadays that I settle for this claim as a result of my habits used to be incorrect,” he stated at the time. “I’m sorry that the sufferer was harmed in any way, however that was obviously now not my intention. I take this subject very critically, and once more I just need to ask for forgiveness to her and someone else who could have been suffering from my movements.”

Us Weekly confirmed that Bell was once ordered to 200 hours of community provider along with probation. He can’t have any contact together with his sufferer and he ultimately did not have to register as a sex offender.

Amid his criminal issues, Bell printed that he prior to now married Janet Von Schmeling after five years of dating and that they secretly welcomed a child in 2021. Bell and Schmeling in the long run parted techniques in 2023 prior to he used to be reported lacking.

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In April 2023, the Daytona Beach Police Department confirmed they were searching for the “endangered” actor. Bell used to be located hours after information of his disappearance made headlines.

Scroll through the gallery underneath to revisit Bell’s ups and downs through the years.

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