The Drake Parker depicter on 'Drake and Josh', meanwhile, pleads not guilty after he is charged with attempted endangering children and disseminating harmful matter to juveniles.
- Jun 5, 2021
AceShowbiz - Drake Bell's ex-girlfriend has weighed in on his child endangerment arrest. Melissa Lingafelt, who previously accused the "Drake and Josh" alum of abuse and pedophilia, took to social media to offer her two cents regarding the matter.
The 30-year-old musician, who goes by the stage name Jimi Ono, made use of Instagram Story on Friday, June 4 to share a screenshot of various news outlets' coverage of the arrest. Alongside the snap, she wrote, "Not gonna be like told you so, but......"
Melissa continued to unveil a DM from a fan that read, "Here in Mexico there is no news about that, but I hope he goes to jail and stays there for a while. He is some kind of God for speaking Spanish and doing cultural appropriation." Responding to the message, she penned, "Good to know. The country he is most popular in isn't broadcasting his pedo charges."
This came after reports about Drake's arrest for attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles hit media headlines. The alleged incident happened on December 1, 2017, the same day when he was set to perform at a club in Cleveland. Local station Fox 8 News additionally reported that the 34-year-old had an inappropriate chat with the unnamed victim.
Drake, who was indicted on May 21, maintained his innocence by entering a not guilty plea when appearing in a Cuyahoga County court in Ohio. He also posted a $2,500 bond on conditions he would not have no contact with his alleged victim. He is now scheduled to appear in a hearing on June 23.
In August 2020, Drake was called out by Melissa for allegedly abusing her when they were dating. "I started dating Drake when I was sixteen. I was homeschooled, I moved in with him. I was singing," she recalled in a TikTok video. "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 imagine and that's what I got."
"It then turned to physical - hitting, throwing, everything...At the pinnacle of it, he drug (sic) me down the stairs of our house on Los Feliz. My face hit every step on the way down," the artist further elaborated. "I have photos of this."
Drake, however, already shut down the accusations. "I never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video," he said in a statement. "As our relationship ended - more than a decade ago - we, unfortunately, both called each other terrible names, as often happens when couples are breaking up... But that is it."
