Actor Drake Bell, finest identified for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced by an Ohio court docket to at least one 12 months of probation on Monday, stemming from prices of tried baby endangerment and disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles.Bell pleaded responsible to the costs — associated to incidents in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2017 — final month.The sentence was handed down after a prolonged assertion from Bell’s sufferer, who appeared in court docket by way of videoconference. (CNN doesn’t usually establish victims of intercourse crimes.) The girl, now 19, mentioned she was 15 on the time she exchanged texts of a sexual nature with Bell, whom she had met by her aunt on the age of 12.”He was a hero to me,” she mentioned.The girl additionally mentioned in her assertion that Bell had sexually assaulted her on two events, allegations he denied by his lawyer.”Each evening I dread going to sleep as a result of I do not wish to see him in my nightmares,” she mentioned.”He was such an enormous a part of my childhood, and in return he ruined my life,” she mentioned, calling him a “pedophile.”Bell’s lawyer, Ian Friedman, acknowledged that the pair engaged in textual content messages of a sexual nature, however denied that any assault occurred.”His conduct was not right, it was not correct,” Friedman mentioned. “However I’ve to be very clear. What the sufferer is claiming to have occurred right here — not solely am I saying that it didn’t occur, not solely would Mr. Bell say that that didn’t occur, however the proof on this case would counsel that it didn’t occur.””Everyone knows that this prosecutor’s workplace would pursue baby intercourse prices and go to nice lengths, aggressively as they need to, and we have seen it many instances,” Friedman mentioned. “In the event that they felt that that was a provable case, I am certain we’d not be speaking right here in the present day about an ‘tried baby endangerment’ (cost) and a ‘disseminating matter dangerous to a minor.'””I settle for this plea as a result of my conduct was mistaken,” Bell mentioned, additionally becoming a member of the court docket by videoconference. “I am sorry that the sufferer was harmed in any approach however that was clearly not my intention.”Throughout his temporary assertion, his unidentified sufferer might be seen crying.Bell’s probation is to be transferred to California the place he resides. A court docket there’ll maintain a listening to to evaluate his sexual offender standing.
Actor Drake Bell, finest identified for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced by an Ohio court docket to at least one 12 months of probation on Monday, stemming from prices of tried baby endangerment and disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles.
Bell pleaded responsible to the costs — associated to incidents in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2017 — final month.
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The sentence was handed down after a prolonged assertion from Bell’s sufferer, who appeared in court docket by way of videoconference. (CNN doesn’t usually establish victims of intercourse crimes.) The girl, now 19, mentioned she was 15 on the time she exchanged texts of a sexual nature with Bell, whom she had met by her aunt on the age of 12.
“He was a hero to me,” she mentioned.
The girl additionally mentioned in her assertion that Bell had sexually assaulted her on two events, allegations he denied by his lawyer.
“Each evening I dread going to sleep as a result of I do not wish to see him in my nightmares,” she mentioned.
“He was such an enormous a part of my childhood, and in return he ruined my life,” she mentioned, calling him a “pedophile.”
Bell’s lawyer, Ian Friedman, acknowledged that the pair engaged in textual content messages of a sexual nature, however denied that any assault occurred.
“His conduct was not right, it was not correct,” Friedman mentioned. “However I’ve to be very clear. What the sufferer is claiming to have occurred right here — not solely am I saying that it didn’t occur, not solely would Mr. Bell say that that didn’t occur, however the proof on this case would counsel that it didn’t occur.”
“Everyone knows that this prosecutor’s workplace would pursue baby intercourse prices and go to nice lengths, aggressively as they need to, and we have seen it many instances,” Friedman mentioned. “In the event that they felt that that was a provable case, I am certain we’d not be speaking right here in the present day about an ‘tried baby endangerment’ (cost) and a ‘disseminating matter dangerous to a minor.'”
“I settle for this plea as a result of my conduct was mistaken,” Bell mentioned, additionally becoming a member of the court docket by videoconference. “I am sorry that the sufferer was harmed in any approach however that was clearly not my intention.”
Throughout his temporary assertion, his unidentified sufferer might be seen crying.
Bell’s probation is to be transferred to California the place he resides. A court docket there’ll maintain a listening to to evaluate his sexual offender standing.
