The protagonist of “Drake and Josh” appeared at the “Volare International Festival” together with El Gran Silencio, Babasónicos, Vanessa Zamora, Akil Ammar, Lng Sht and Mi banda el Mexican
The singer faced a trial for sexual harassment of minors. (Photo: Hoy/Las Estrellas – screenshot)
After 2 years postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Festival was held this weekend Volare in Veracruz with the stellar presentations of El Gran Silencio, Babasónicos, Vanessa Zamora, Akil Ammar, Lng Sht and My band was the Mexican, but the one who undoubtedly led the show was Drake Bell, the star ofNickelodeon who hours later was criticized on social media after the accusations for sexual harassment of minors against him.
Drake Bell surprised his Mexican fans by appearing on stage at the multicultural festival that unites great musical concepts with the majesty of hot air balloons. But that was not all, the American artist took advantage of his stay in the country to party at a club, where he not only caused the euphoria of those present, he also performed some songs.
In the last few hours an audiovisual fragment began to circulate on the internet where Drake Bell can be seen living with the public inside the facilities of a nightcluband recording some videos with his cell phone. As expected, the publication did not take long to go viral due to the affection of the Mexicans that she earned during her youth with his character in Drake and Josh.
The original post was recovered on Twitter (Capture: @jose.cerezo1/Instagram)
“I decide not to party because I have homework to do. My friends and acquaintances: Yesterday Drake Bell came to the club. “Wey, what a lucky bitch to go out one day at a club and find Drake Bell.” “Drake Bell in Pachuca seems too surreal to me. Long live the paste people.” “Wey, imagine saying that you danced with Drake Bell”, were some reactions on Twitter.
However, many other users were disconcerted by the love and support that some compatriots gave the protagonist of The Fairly OddParents and through tweets they recalled the controversy he faced a few months ago when a 19-year-old girl He denounced that he suffered sexual harassment by the singer when he was still a minor.
“How quickly did you forget Drake Bell’s lawsuit?”. “Well, at least I hope that those who went to see Drake Bell are not the same ones who support feminism.” “Dial that they begin to deconstruct, dial very allies but Drake Bell comes to Pachuca and they forget that he is a pedophile with lawsuits for harassment.” “It doesn’t matter what Drake Bell has done, anyway in Mexico we have fish brains and we forget about everything and then we treat the bad guys like heroes,” they tweeted.
According to the information shared by users on social networks, the actor appeared in a club in Pachuca. (Capture: @JoanaSolares/Twitter)
It was in the middle of last year when the 35-year-old artist was sentenced to two years of probationby a judge in Cuyahoga, United States, after pleading guilty to criminal charges against minors. The interpreter’s position took the jury and the public in general by surprise, because until that moment it was thought that he would plead not guilty.
In addition to the time on probation, the actor had He has to perform 200 hours of community service and serve a restraining order, so he cannot be near the victim at any time. Months later he reappeared on his social networks to clarify that he was never arrested and He shared his opinion about what happened.
“I was never arrested, I never went to jail. For me it’s been going through an investigation for three years into every false statement that’s ever been made and it’s not me telling you the statements are false, the State of Ohio has proven that they are false”, he declared.
The American singer and actor Drake Bell . EFE/Sáshenka Gutiérrez/File
“I am not perfect and I make mistakes. I replied to a fan whose age I did not know and when I found out her age all conversations and communication stopped ( …) and that’s why I pleaded guilty, they were reckless and irresponsible text messages”, he assured.