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Drake Bell denies ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt’s abuse claims

Drake Bell has denied ever abusing his now-ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt. After Lingafelt claimed in a TikTok video posted Wednesday that Bell verbally and physically abused her, he told People that he “never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video.” In her TikTok video, Lingafelt …

Drake Bell has denied ever abusing his now-ex-girlfriend Melissa Lingafelt.

After Lingafelt claimed in a TikTok video posted Wednesday that Bell verbally and physically abused her, he told People that he “never abused my ex-girlfriend or did so many of the other things Melissa falsely claimed on her TikTok video.”

In her TikTok video, Lingafelt — who started dating Bell when she was 16 years old — alleged the verbal abuse began about a year into their relationship.

“I moved in with him, I was singing. It wasn’t until about a year when the verbal abuse started,” Lingafelt, now 30, said of the “Drake & Josh” star, now 34. “And when I say verbal abuse, imagine the worst type of verbal abuse you could ever imagine, and that was what I got.”

The verbal abuse, she claimed, transitioned to physical abuse.

“It then turned to physical — hitting, throwing, everything,” Lingafelt, who dated Bell from 2006 to 2009, continued. “At the pinnacle of it, 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,” the musician said.

Lingafelt did not share any photos.

Lingafelt, who goes by the name Jimi Ono, also posted to her Instagram story claiming her friends knew of the alleged abuse.

Bell’s rep didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

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