Drake Bell files for divorce from wife Janet Von…
Drake Bell has filed for divorce from his estranged wife, Janet Von Schmeling.
The former Nickelodeon star, 39, filed the petition in Seminole County, Florida, on Thursday, Aug. 14, per GWN.
Von Schmeling, 31, beforehand filed a divorce petition of her own in Los Angeles in April 2023, and cited the previous couple’s date of separation as September 2022.
Drake Bell and Janet Von Schmeling at the Black Rabbit Rose in Los Angeles, California, on June 27, 2017. Getty Images
Janet Von Schmeling and Drake Bell in Los Angeles, California, on February 24, 2017. WireImage
At the time, Von Schmeling requested both main legal and bodily custody of her and the “Drake and Josh” star’s only baby, Wyatt, 4.
She also requested spousal assist and requested that the court grant Bell visitation rights.
“The process began back in 2023 when his wife filed citing irreconcilable differences,” Bell’s supervisor, Juan José Rovirosa, said in a assertion to Entertainment Weekly on Saturday. “At this stage, both of them are simply concluding that legal process.”
“Their priority remains the safety and well-being of their son, and they are doing so from a place of love and respect — closing a beautiful chapter of their lives that now evolves into a different form of love and complicity, always centered on their child’s best interests,” Rovirosa added.
Drake Bell with his wife, Janet Von Schmeling, and their son Wyatt shortly before the pair’s cut up. Instagram/drakebell
The former Nickelodeon baby star and Von Schmeling first started relationship in 2013 and quietly tied the knot 5 years later in 2018.
Despite retaining his marriage to Von Schmeling largely personal, Bell broke his silence in July 2021 to reveal that not only was he married but that he had also welcomed a child son.
“In response to various rumors that are incorrect, I have been married for almost three years, and we are blessed to be the parents of a wonderful son,” the “Amanda Show” alum tweeted at the time. “Thank you very much to all my fans around the world for your good wishes.”
Drake Bell and Janet Von Schmeling before their separation in September 2022. drakebell/Instagram
However, Bell’s announcement got here just two weeks after he pleaded guilty to two prison counts of tried baby endangerment and disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles.
Bell had despatched inappropriate messages to a then-15-year-old lady in 2017, and he was finally sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of group service.
Von Schmeling then hinted at the pair’s separation in late 2022 shortly after Bell was caught huffing balloons in his car while his son sat in the back seat.
Drake Bell with Janet Von Schmeling and their son Wyatt at the Catalina Film Festival on September 24, 2021. Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock
“I’m HEALING and trying to find peace. This will be a process,” the actress wrote that December. “My son is with me and will stay with me, we are in Florida with family and we are safe. We are finding our forever home here.”
Page Six confirmed the couple’s separation one month later, and sources told the outlet that Von Schmeling had “had enough” and moved to Florida with Wyatt.
“They had some incredible beautiful times before. He needs to focus on being healthy, and they’ll be great co-parents in the future,” an insider said at the time.
Drake Bell in a still from the 2024 documentary “Quiet on Set.” ID
“It’s a bad moment in time for Drake,” they added. “But he is a great dad when he is healthy and sober.”
Von Schmeling pulled the set off and filed for divorce in April 2023, shortly after Bell, who was battling suicidal ideas, was reported lacking.
“I found out my wife filed for divorce from GWN,” Bell tweeted at the time.
Drake Bell during an episode of “The Unplanned Podcast” on July 2, 2025. The Unplanned Podcast/YouTube
The “Superhero Movie” star’s ex has since began a relationship with new boyfriend Jim Perez.
After going Instagram official in October 2023, Von Schmeling announced earlier this 12 months that she and Perez predict.
“He chose us… In the big ways, in the quiet moments, and all the in-betweens,” Von Schmeling wrote on Instagram this past Father’s Day. “He became the man Wyatt and I didn’t know we needed…”
“And now, we’re counting down the days until our baby girl gets to be with her daddy too,” she added of her new boyfriend. “Happy (early) Father’s Day to the man who showed up with love and never looked back.”
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