Drake & Josh star charged with attempted child endangerment

<div></div> <p>Former Nickelodeon TV star Drake Bell has been charged with attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to children.</p> <p>Bell, whose real first name is Jared, pleaded not guilty to both charges and is scheduled to appear in an Ohio court for a pre-trial hearing on 23 June.</p> <p>According to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, the 15-year-old female victim from Canada reported the alleged offences in 2018.</p> <p>Police in Cleveland said she had “established a relationship with Bell several years prior and attended his concert in December 2017”, according to NBC News.</p> <p>Tyler Sinclair, spokesperson for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley, said the attempted child endangerment charge related to the concert where Bell “violated his duty of care” and created a risk of harm to the victim.</p> <p>The disseminating harmful material charge concerns Bell having sent the girl “inappropriate social media messages,” Mr Sinclair added.</p> <p>Bell’s attorney Ian Friedman said: “All facts will be revealed in a courtroom.”</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-related-stories" data-component-name="sdc-article-related-stories"> <div class="sdc-article-related-stories__content"> <h3 class="sdc-article-related-stories__title">More on Ohio</h3> </p></div> </div> <p>The 34-year-old was one of the stars of the popular Nickelodeon children’s show Drake & Josh, a show about teen brothers which began its run in January 2004, finishing three years later.</p> <p>Bell, who began acting as a child and is now a singer, also starred in two Drake & Josh movies with co-star Josh Beck.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news/2021/06/05/drake-josh-star-charged-with-attempted-child-endangerment/">Drake & Josh star charged with attempted child endangerment</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news">Patabook News </a>.</p>

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