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Actor Drake Bell gets probation on child endangerment charge

Jared BԪַDrakeBԪַ Bell, 34, was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service
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FILE - Drake Bell appears at the world premiere of BԪַThe Spy Who Dumped MeBԪַ in Los Angeles on July 25, 2018. Bell is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, July 12, 2021 in Cleveland to charges relating to a teen whom he met online and who attended one of his concerts in 2017 when she was 15. The 34-year-old Bell, of West Hollywood, California, pleaded guilty last month to a felony county of attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Actor Drake Bell has been sentenced to two yearsBԪַ probation on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15.

Jared BԪַDrakeBԪַ Bell, 34, was also sentenced to 200 hours of community service, all of it served in California. He lives in West Hollywood.

After initially pleading not guilty, Bell instead pleaded guilty last month via Zoom to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. The sentencing range was up to two years in prison.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APBԪַs earlier story follows below.

Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show BԪַDrake & Josh,BԪַ is scheduled to be sentenced Monday on charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15.

Jared BԪַDrakeBԪַ Bell, 34, of West Hollywood, California, to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

His sentencing range is probation to two years in prison.

Authorities have said the girl, who attended a 2017 concert in Cleveland, contacted Toronto police in October 2018. Toronto authorities then forwarded its findings to Cleveland police, prompting an investigation.

The to the concert where Bell BԪַviolated his duty of careBԪַ and created a risk of harm to the victim, Cuyahoga County ProsecutorBԪַs Office spokesperson Tyler Sinclair said previously.

Bell and the girl had BԪַdeveloped a relationshipBԪַ online several years prior to the concert, Sinclair said. The disseminating harmful material charge concerns Bell having sent the girl BԪַinappropriate social media messages,BԪַ Sinclair said. Further details have not been disclosed.

The girl is now an adult.

Bell, also a singer, began acting as a child, but was catapulted to stardom as a teen with NickelodeonBԪַs BԪַThe Amanda ShowBԪַ and later BԪַDrake & Josh,BԪַ which debuted on the channel in January 2004. The final episode aired in September 2007. Bell and co-star Josh Peck also starred in two BԪַDrake & JoshBԪַ movies.

Mark Gillispie, The Associated Press


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