Drake Bell’s wife files for divorce a week after his brief disappearance – National | 24CA News
Drake Bell‘s wife Janet Von Schmeling has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, a week after Dayton Beach Police issued a notice that the Drake and Josh star was “missing and endangered.”
Bell, 36, was later found safe by police mere hours after the notice was published on April 13. The circumstances of his brief disappearance have not been officially stated.
In a since-deleted tweet that went up soon after Bell was found safe, the former child star wrote, “You leave your phone in the car and don’t reply for the night time and this?”
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Von Schmeling, 28, petitioned to divorce Bell on Thursday in a submitting to the Los Angeles County’s Superior Court. According to the submitting, Von Schmeling is in search of authorized and bodily custody of the kid she shares with Bell, in addition to spousal help.
The couple have been notoriously non-public about their relationship, with Bell saying their marriage in a June 2021 Twitter submit, revealing that he had and his spouse had wed “almost three years” prior. He additionally wrote they had been “blessed to be the parents of a wonderful son.”
Von Schmeling’s divorce petition states they had been married for 3 years and 6 months.
In early January of this 12 months, an unnamed supply advised PEOPLE that Bell and Von Schmeling had separated “a few months ago.”
“Janet is devoted to raising their son,” the supply mentioned. “Drake and Janet are committed to maintaining a peaceful co-parenting relationship and giving their son the best life possible.”
News of the separation got here weeks after photographs and a video of Bell had been revealed by the Daily Mail seemingly exhibiting him inhaling balloons in his automotive whereas exterior a California vape store. Bell’s son may very well be seen within the backseat of the automotive in some pictures.
After the photographs emerged, Bell sought “outpatient help for substance abuse,” the supply advised PEOPLE.
Bell has confronted quite a few authorized points through the years.
His repute took an enormous hit in 2021 when he pleaded responsible to expenses of tried little one endangerment and disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles. In the case, Bell admitted to sending sexually specific photographs to a 15-year-old lady in 2017. He lately accomplished his two-year probation.
In 2015, an ex-girlfriend accused Bell of verbal and bodily abuse in opposition to her within the 2000s. He denied the allegations.
— With recordsdata from Global News’ Sarah Do Couto
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