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Drake Bell says grooming allegations over messages to 15-year-old were 'not true' - as star claims he pleaded guilty to child endangerment charge in 2021  because he was 'financially devastated'

Drake Bell has discussed his conviction for child endangerment in 2021 which related to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Ohio when she was just 15.

Bell, now 37, was sentenced to two years probation on child endangerment charges and also received 200 hours of community service after a 19-year-old woman accused him of grooming her from ages 12-15 and sexually assaulting her at his 2017 Cleveland concert. The attempted endangering children charge relates to the concert where Bell 'violated his duty of care' and created a risk of harm to the victim, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Tyler Sinclair said previously. Registered sex offender Peck, 63, served 16 months in prison in 2004-2005 after being arrested on 11 charges — including sodomy, lewd act upon a child 14 or 15 by a person 10 years older, and oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance.

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