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Now that he’s not lacking, Drake Bell‘s wife wants to make sure he’s a minimum of lacking from her life. She simply filed for divorce!
According to authorized docs obtained by TMZ on Thursday afternoon, Janet Von Schmeling filed for divorce this week after 4 years of marriage. The couple, who married in secret a while round 2019, had apparently been separated for months. She put the separation month as September 2022.
The precise submitting, nonetheless, comes sizzling on the heels of the Drake and Josh alum being reported lacking in Daytona, Florida final week. He was discovered simply hours later — and insisted it was all a misunderstanding, tweeting jokingly:
“You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?”
However, the police didn’t budge on their announcement the previous youngster star had been “considered missing and endangered.” We later realized Drake’s brother Robert had initiated the search over issues he’d been “making suicidal statements about wanting to hang himself” and exhibiting indicators of “not wanting to be alive anymore.” Robert had the textual content messages to show it, therefore cops treating the matter with such urgency, as a “possible attempted suicide.”
We heard the suicide discuss all happened within the wake of great custody disagreements Drake was having along with his estranged spouse. Thankfully he didn’t do something rash in consequence, however the dispute will need to have been large — because it appears to have triggered Janet to signal the papers to finish their marriage for good.
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It’s nonetheless unclear what the struggle was over, however the couple definitely have their share of velocity bumps. In 202o, Drake’s ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt accused him very publicly of verbal and bodily abuse in a collection of emotional TikTok movies. She additionally claimed he cheated on her with underage ladies — one thing which could have been much more upsetting for a lady who’d simply had a toddler with him.
Then in 2021, the Nickelodeon star was charged with disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles. In an precise prison case which appeared to bolster Melissa’s claims, Drake was accused of partaking in dialog with an underage lady which acquired sexual in nature. Considering the cost, it appears possible he despatched a minimum of an inappropriate photograph, as properly.
Janet stayed with Drake by way of all that, apparently — however ultimately they confronted some “irreconcilable differences” she couldn’t get previous. What these will need to have been, goodness, who even is aware of? Whatever is happening, it appears she’s being affordable — whereas she’s in search of main authorized and bodily custody of their son, Wyatt Bell, she is providing Drake visitation rights. Is that the deal he acquired so upset over? Or is that this the compromise? We’ll let you understand after we know extra…
If you or somebody you understand is considering suicide, assist is out there. Consider contacting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, by calling, texting, or chatting, or go to 988lifeline.org.
[Image via Nicky Nelson/WENN/Janet Von Schmeling/Instagram.]