Drake Bell denies allegations from ex after she said there were multiple instances of abuse – Daily Mail

Drake Bell’s ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt has accused him of being abusive during their relationship from August 2006 until February 2009.

Lingafelt, who know goes by her stage name Jimi Ono, made the accusations in a TikTok, posted on Wednesday, that now has more than 3m views.

Drake, 34, denied the 30-year-old singer’s claims in a statement to People and said he is ‘reviewing’ his ‘legal options.’

Not true: Drake Bell has denied ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt’s claims that he was abusive during their relationship from August 2006 until February 2009 (Pictured in 2008)

In a statement, Bell said he ‘never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video.’

Bell said that when their relationship ended ‘more than a decade ago,’ they ‘unfortunately, both called each other terrible names, as often happens when couples are breaking up. But that is it.

Adding: ‘I do not know if today’s behavior is some kind of misguided quest for more money or attention,’ Bell said. ‘But I cannot and will not allow these offensive and defamatory allegations to go unchallenged and I am reviewing my legal options.’

The actor also claimed that Lingafelt ‘felt close enough’ to him to reach out last year and ask for ‘financial support during a tough time,’ which he provided.

Feud: Lingafelt, who know goes by her stage name Jimi Ono, made the accusations in a TikTok, that now has more than 3m views and said her ex was physically and verbally abusive to her

As well as her own claims of abuse, Lingafelt shared DMs appearing and identifying themselves as belonging to Bell’s ex Paydin Layne LoPachin—who he dated from 2011 until 2016—also suggesting she experienced a similar situation of abuse.

Lingafelt claimed Bell was verbally and physically abusive during their three year relationship.

After starting with a current video of herself, Melissa posted old photos with the Drake and Josh star, saying: ‘It wasn’t until recently that I actually realized that abuse isn’t something that all women have to go through.’

Lingafelt said at the time she started dating Bell when she was 16, at the time in 2006 when their relationship is reported to have began in August 2006, Bell would have been 20-years-old.

Coming together: Melissa also shared DMs identifying themselves as belonging to Bell’s ex Paydin Layne LoPachin—who he dated from 2011 until 2016—suggesting she experienced a similar situation of abuse (Bell and LoPachin in 2014)

Lopachin appeared to reach out to Lingafelt after she shared a statement about the abuse on Instagram. ‘I will stand by your side and back you up,’ Bell’s LoPachin wrote in a message to Lingafelt, from an Instagram account appearing to be here own. ‘I went through the same horrific verbal, physical and mental abuse’

Claims: Lingafelt said at the time she started dating Bell when she was 16 – Bell would have been 20-years-old

She said: ‘I moved in with him, I was singing. It wasn’t until about a year when the verbal abuse started,’ she said. ‘And when I say verbal abuse, imagine the worst type of verbal abuse you could ever imagine, and that was what I got’

She said: ‘I moved in with him, I was singing. 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 ever imagine, and that was what I got.’

After the verbal abuse she said, it ‘then turned to physical — hitting, throwing, everything.’

Lingafelt continued to say ‘at the pinnacle, he drug [sic] me down the stairs of our house on Los Feliz. My face hit every step on the way down. I have photos of this.’

‘I will stand by your side and back you up,’ Bell’s LoPachin wrote in a message to Lingafelt, from an Instagram account appearing to be here own. ‘I went through the same horrific verbal, physical and mental abuse.’

Lingafelt wrote back to Lopachin ‘Don’t worry girl we will stand together strong. I’m sorry for what he put you through,’ after she expressed her nerves over making her name public.

Throwback: Lingafelt shared old photos of herself with Drake during her Tik Tok video and said she doesn’t care if people believe her or not (pictured during their relationship at an unknown date)

Shock claims: After the verbal abuse she said, it ‘then turned to physical — hitting, throwing, everything.’ Lingafelt continued to say ‘at the pinnacle, he drug [sic] me down the stairs of our house on Los Feliz. My face hit every step on the way down. I have photos of this

In his statement, Bell said he ‘never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video.’ (pictured in 2019)

‘No one should go through this,’ Lopachin wrote. ‘There were days when I thought “Melissa went through this too and she got out,” it made me think I could get out.’

Bell did not respond to LoPachin’s allegations as they were made public late Wednesday night after he spoke to People.

‘First off I’d like to start out by saying, I don’t really care if anyone believes me,’ Lingafelt said through voiceover in her original video. ‘As this is my story and my life, and something that I went through.’

She continued her statement on her Instagram stories, writing ‘Everyone that really knows me and has been a friend of mine for the past 15 years, knows all too well of the abuse that Drake Bell put me through.’

Lingafelt claimed she had ‘many witnesses,’ and said ‘I have photos, it was my life.’

Adding: ‘If you don’t believe me, it is clear to me what kind of person you are, and I don’t need that on my side.’

‘No one should go through this,’ Lopachin wrote. ‘There were days when I thought “Melissa went through this too and she got out,” it made me think I could get out’

Melissa claimed: ‘Nobody wants attention from abuse!’ And that she hopes ‘this gives girls the strength to come out about their experiences with him, because I know for a fact he has hundreds of victims’

She seemed to preemptively hit back at claims she was lying saying ‘Nobody wants attention from abuse!’

And that she hopes ‘this gives girls the strength to come out about their experiences with him, because I know for a fact he has hundreds of victims.’

Lingafelt shared messages from friends who recounted that they remembered her stories of the abuse at the time, with one writing ‘I remember the pics. I remember the physical fights.’

He did not respond to the other allegations made by women of underage relationships that Lingafelt shared after receiving.

In her original video when stating she was 16-years-old when they began their relationship, she added ‘I don’t even want to get into the underage girls thing. I mean I will, but I’m scared.’

One person who Lingafelt kept anonymous wrote that Bell had sex with a friend when they were 15-years-old and he was 20-years-old.

Underage relationships were also referenced in her messages with Lopachin.