Drake Bell Gets Accused Of Physical And Emotional Abuse
Drake Bell's ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt who is popularly known as Jimi Ono has accused the actor of physical and emotional abuse. Bell refused the allegations claimed by his ex and said that it's either for attention or money.
Lingafelt took Tiktok to reveal this sensitive information on Aug. 12. She said that her ex-boyfriend, Bell has abused her verbally which later became physical. The 34-year-old actor released a statement in which he denied all the allegations and said that he never abused his ex.
"Never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video," he said. The Drake and Josh Go Hollywood star dated Lingafelt for two years in 2006. The 30-year-old actress said that she doesn’t mind if no one believes her.
Lingafelt said that this is her real story and a sad incident that she had to go through. She went on and revealed that she dated the actor when she was homeschooled at 16 years old. She was singing at that time and started to live with him.
According to the allegations made by the actress, the verbal abuse began after almost one year, which was the "worst type" that anyone can ever imagine. She said further in the video that the verbal abuse soon became physical abuse. In fact, the actor started throwing stuff at her.
She also claimed that once Bell dragged her on the stairs due to which her face was injured by hitting on the steps. Lingafelt said it happened in the house they shared in Los Feliz and she has pictures to prove these claims.
While she didn't reveal a single picture of her face injury in the Tiktok video, she instead shared pictures of Bell and her together. Lingafelt noted that she doesn't want to get into the trouble of being underage. The actress wrote in the caption that she wants this message to reach all the young girls as she doesn't want anyone else to face the same.
While she began the caption stating that this is her "truth", in the end of the post she inserted a hashtag, #2020survivor. Lingafelt posted a few more videos on Tiktok in which she shared screenshots of text from an anonymous person.
The screenshots from these unnamed people claimed that the actor had sexually forced himself on them. On the other hand, Bell denied all the accusations by his ex-girlfriend and said that their relationship didn't end on a good note, just like any other relationship.