Drake Bell Found Alive, Hours After He Was Reported Missing — Bell Quips He Simply Left Phone in Car Overnight
Former child star Drake Bell, who was previously declared “missing and endangered” by Florida police, has been found alive.
Bell, 36, was first reported missing on Thursday morning, when the Daytona Beach Police Department shared on Facebook that the Nickelodeon personality was last seen traveling in a 2022 grey BMW, potentially near Mainland High School, Wednesday night at 9 pm ET.
In an update shared at approximately 1:30 pm ET, DBPD wrote: “We can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe.” No further details have been released as of press time.
UPDATE: Bell tweeted on Thursday afternoon, “You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this? 😂”
https://twitter.com/DrakeBell/status/1646637269682380803
In June 2021, Bell pled guilty to a felony charge of attempting to endanger children, and a misdemeanor charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Per Variety, the charges stemmed from a 2017 incident involving Bell, then 31, and a 15-year-old girl he met online. According to authorities, Bell and the underage girl exchanged social media messages that were “sexual in nature.” He was sentenced to two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service.
Bell rose to fame alongside Amanda Bynes and Josh Peck on children’s sketch comedy series The Amanda Show, which ran for three seasons between 1999 and 2002. Two years later, Bell and Peck reunited on another Dan Schneider production, Drake & Josh, which ran for four seasons, between 2004 and 2007, and spawned the 2008 made-for-TV movie, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh. Bell also headlined a live-action Fairly OddParents trilogy for the cable network, with three movies produced between 2011 and 2014.
In more recent years, Bell has transitioned largely to voiceover work, voicing Peter Parker in the Disney XD series Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
Oh so glad the predator has been found safe, what a relief
Look he’s a piece of crap for doing what he did but he doesn’t deserve to die for it.
That’s so sweet. When your little brother or sister; son or daughter’s innocence is taken away and they wake up screaming every night bc of what happened and there is absolutely nothing that you can do, nothing that you can say, even 5,10, 20 yrs after the attack, you can repeat that lovely sentiment again.
That sounds terrible. But did he attack anyone? Wasn’t it all online comms? Dreadful and horrible but not an attack for which he deserves to die surely? Absolutely not defending him and think he should be in prison and not probation.
Do you think teenagers who’ve sexted wake up screaming every night 20 years later?
No, he may not deserve that but does he deserve the national media rushing to his aid when he goes missing? Plenty of people go missing every day and may be in danger but since they aren’t washed up child actors I guess it doesn’t matter.
So apparently I’d you’re a movie star (of sorts) you can get off with a smack to your wrists! Anyone else would have had a harsher punishment!! Very double standard!!!
So apparently I’d you’re a movie star (of sorts) you can get off with a smack to your wrists! Anyone else would have had a harsher punishment!! Very double standard!!!
I’m wondering if this was a publicity stunt.
Very sus that it was specifically mentioned he was outside a high school lmao
Sounds like he was trying to avoid his parole office…. Again.
okay this is HIGHLY sus. I dont believe him – he was purposely avoiding someone/something and then played the whole “haha omg left phone in car and look what happened”. Yeah. OK.
Unexpected.
This guy left his phone in the car for a day or two and caused a national crisis