Drake Bell has been charged with child endangerment after alleged inappropriate conduct with a minor

This isn’t the only time Bell has faced misconduct allegations. As Variety reported in 2020, Bell’s former girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt alleged that the Drake & Josh star had verbally and physically abused her throughout their relationship. She also alleged their relationship began when she was a minor. “When I started dating Drake, I was 16. I was home-schooled, I moved in with him, I was singing. It wasn’t until about a year when the verbal abuse started. And when I say verbal abuse, imagine the worst type of verbal abuse you could ever imagine, and that was what I got. It then turned into physical—hitting, throwing, everything,” she said in the video. Lingafelt also said, “I don’t event want to get into the underage girls thing. I mean I will, but I’m scared.” Through a representative, Bell denied the allegations.