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Disgraced Nickelodeon star Drake Bell was seen sucking on inflated balloons in his car outside a cigar shop in Los Angeles while his son was in the back seat, despite serving a two-year probation for endangerment To a child.
Bell, 36, known for his roles on Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show, appeared to be puffing into a balloon in the front seat of his parked car last Thursday.
He was wearing a basketball cap and a pair of sunglasses as he could be seen inflating and deflating the pink balloon from inside his car before entering the smoke shop and exiting with an item in a black plastic bag. . She then went back to her black sedan and sucked on a blue balloon for almost 15 minutes.
The star was later seen pulling her young son out the back.
It is unclear what, if any, substance was inside the balloons.
The incident comes as Bell, born Jared ‘Drake’ Bell, continues to serve a two-year probation for endangering the welfare of a girl when he was just 15 years old.
Drake Bell, 36, known for his roles on Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show, appeared to be sucking on a balloon in the front seat of his parked car.
The former child star in a baseball cap and sunglasses could be seen repeatedly sucking on the balloon, causing it to inflate and deflate.
The singer-songwriter seemed to be listening to the radio as he continued to suck on the balloons.
When he got back to his car from the cigar shop, he could be seen blowing up another blue balloon. It is unclear what, if any, substance was inside the balloon.
After a while, Bell could be seen grabbing his son from the back seat of the car.
The former child star was sentenced in July 2021 to two years probation and 200 hours in community after pleading guilty to child endangerment charges.
Authorities said a 15-year-old girl attended one of Bell’s concerts in Cleveland in 2017 and contacted Toronto police in October 2018 about being sexually assaulted.
Toronto authorities then forwarded their findings to Cleveland police, prompting an investigation.
They discovered that Bell and the girl had “developed a relationship” online before the concert, during which Bell sent the girl “inappropriate messages on social media.”
He was later charged with attempting to endanger a child because he “violated his duty of care” and created a risk of harm to the victim, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Tyler Sinclair said at the time.
The star entered the Los Feliz tobacco store alone and left with a black plastic bag
He had parked his car in a nearby parking lot before walking to the smoke shop.
The former Nickelodeon star is shown lifting her sleeping son out of the car seat as she returned home.
Bell was parked in a Los Angeles cigarette store when he was sucking on the balloon last Thursday.
Then he stopped at Del Taco, passing by on the road, on his way home.
Bell had been sentenced to two years probation and 200 hours of community service on child endangerment charges related to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was 15 (in his June mugshot of 2021)
But things heated up during his virtual sentencing last year when the victim read his shock statement and claimed that he performed oral sex on the star when he was 15 years old.
“These are crimes that are inexcusable and inexcusable,” he said. They cannot be withdrawn. He was calculating, took advantage of me and sexually abused me. It is a monster and a danger to children.
“I kindly ask you to send a powerful message that these crimes are never okay no matter who the person is,” the victim continued.
She continued: “And he can give me that look all he wants, but he knows exactly what I’m talking about.”
He had not been charged with the more serious crimes of sexual assault and pedophilia despite the victim’s claims.
“He is the epitome of evil,” he said. ‘I deserve better than to be used for your sick desires, and for my suffering to be used for your amusement. Jared Drake Bell is a pedophile and that is his legacy.
He seemed visibly shocked by the accusation and in response, the victim addressed him directly saying: ‘Don’t look at me like that!’
Bell then addressed the court, saying, “I just want to say today that I accept this statement because my conduct was wrong.”
“I have taken this matter very, very seriously,” he added. “I just want to apologize to her and anyone else who may have been affected by my actions.”
The Nickelodeon star had pleaded guilty to one felony attempt to endanger a child and a misdemeanor count of disseminating material harmful to minors just a month earlier.
And during his sentence, his lawyer he made sure to point out that he had not been charged with the more serious crimes of sexual assault and pedophilia that the victim alleged in her impact statement.
Months later, Bell tried to downplay his conviction in a humiliating Instagram video.
“Most of the news you’ve heard recently is completely false and wrong,” he said.
Bell issued a humiliating video apology months later as he tried to downplay his conviction.
‘I feel you deserve, and owe you, an explanation,’ he continued. I did not change my name.
‘Although I would love to, I have never moved to Mexico, never been a resident or citizen of Mexico. I don’t have a Mexican passport. They didn’t arrest me, I didn’t go to jail.
The Josh & Drake star had started his video, which was subtitled in Spanish, clarifying that his name was Drake Bell, not Drake Campana, although his name was listed as ‘Drake Campana’ in his Instagram bio.
Drake’s legal name is Jared Drake Bell, but he shared an image of a Mexican ID with the name Drake Campana (bell in Spanish) in November 2019, hinting that he had moved to the country.
He also seemed to rebrand himself as a Spanish-language artist, releasing an album in Spanish in 2020, and his social media posts are currently in a mix of Spanish and English.
Bell continued: “I know this has moved very quickly for you, but for me, it’s been a three-year, exhaustive investigation into every single false claim that’s been made.”
‘And it’s not me telling you that the claims are false, but the state of Ohio has proven the claims to be false.
‘If these claims were remotely true, my situation would be very different. I would not be here at home with my wife and son.’
He went on to say, “But with that being said, I’m not perfect and I do make mistakes.”
“I replied to a fan, whose age I didn’t know, but when I realized her age, all conversation and communication stopped.”
The I Know singer continued: “This individual continued to come to shows and pay for meet and greets, all while I was unaware that this was the same person I was communicating with online, and that’s what I plead for. guilty”.
They were reckless and irresponsible text messages. I want to make it clear that there was no sexual imagery, nothing physical between me and this individual.
He added: ‘I was not charged with anything physical. I did not take it upon myself to spread their images or anything like that. This was strictly by text.
And when I was presented with a plea agreement, because of the messages, I felt like this was the best way to get this over with quickly and everyone involved could move on. And for me to go back to doing what I love, and that is making music for you’.
“I want to thank you, for um, everyone who saw through the lies and investigated and looked at my case and saw it for what it was instead of all this media confusion.”
He concluded: ‘Don’t believe the media right away. It’s a lot of clickbait. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions. I just want to say thank you all for sticking with me. I love you and I will see you soon.
The former child star has been in trouble with the law before, having been sentenced to four days in jail in 2015 for driving under the influence, which was his second DUI conviction in a six-year period.