{"id":220511,"date":"2024-04-04T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/drake-bell-explains-why-he-pled-guilty-to-child-endangerment-charges-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:18","slug":"drake-bell-explains-why-he-pled-guilty-to-child-endangerment-charges-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/drake-bell-explains-why-he-pled-guilty-to-child-endangerment-charges-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Bell Explains Why He Pled Guilty to Child Endangerment Charges \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" 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id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/drake-bell\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Drake Bell<\/strong><\/a> is explaining why he chose to plead guilty to child endangerment charges in 2021. While appearing on the April 2 episode of Dear Media\u2019s <em>Not Skinny But Not Fat<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1168-not-skinny-but-not-fat-30588892\/episode\/drake-bell-quiet-on-set-164039427\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">podcast<\/a>, the former Nickelodeon star said his family played a role in his legal decision.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cI had just had a son and I didn\u2019t want to put my family through all of this anymore,\u201d Drake, 37, told host <strong>Amanda Hirsch<\/strong>. \u201cI ended up going through the process the way that I did. Very regretful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Drake and his <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/drake-bell-wife-5074033\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">estranged wife<\/a> <strong>Janet Von Schmeling<\/strong> share a 2-year-old son named Jeremy. The couple are currently going through a divorce after nearly five years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Back in 2021, Drake pleaded guilty to attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. In his recent interview, the <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/03\/18\/josh-peck-drake-bell-not-talking-wedding-drama\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Drake &amp; Josh<\/em><\/a> star admitted that he responded to some DMs and \u201cgot myself into conversations that I shouldn\u2019t have had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\u201cI ended up finding out that I was talking to someone that I shouldn\u2019t have been talking to and it snowballed into these allegations that were not true and it just turned into this big thing,\u201d he said. \u201cI was being investigated and that was really difficult on my family. Thankfully, through 18 months of subpoenaing my phones and computers and witnesses, it turned out that most of what was being accused of me was not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C5Q0R-bL69k\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">While Drake took responsibility for having conversations with the underage girl, he denied the claims that he groomed her.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Drake also said he ceased communication with the unnamed woman, to whom he had been talking to for three years, as soon as he found out she was 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">\u201cThere\u2019s just so much that I\u2019ve had to deal with, and through that, like I said, not having the tools or not knowing how to process things, I made a lot of decisions in my life that I shouldn\u2019t have made and hurt a lot of people,\u201d he said. \u201cBut now, where I am in my life now, I think that I\u2019m finally at a place where I can process and deal with this through therapy that I\u2019ve been through and actively going through and unearthing all of these things and being able to face them head-on for, really, the first time in my life. It\u2019s an emotional roller coaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">Today, Drake is focused on being the best <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/07\/06\/drake-bell-married-baby-tweet-disneyland-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">father to his son<\/a> as they build a bond off of social media.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">\u201cHe\u2019s incredible and we have a great relationship,\u201d Drake shared. \u201cHe really is the motivation to continue to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/04\/04\/why-drake-bell-pled-guilty-to-child-endangerment-charges\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Paul Archuleta\/Getty Images Drake Bell is explaining why he chose to plead guilty to child endangerment charges in 2021. 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