NICKELODEON star Drake Bell has filed for divorce from his estranged wife – three years after they originally split.
Drake, 39, tied the knot with Janet Von Schmeling in 2018 after five years of dating.
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However, their separation was made public in January 2023 and Janet filed for divorce a few months later in April.
In her papers, their separation date was cited as September 2022 and she requested primary legal and physical custody of their son, Wyatt.
Now Drake has finally filed a petition in Seminole County, Florida.
TMZ reports the Drake & Josh star submitted his documentation on Thursday.
Meanwhile Janet has been in a relationship with Jim Perez since 2023, making their romance public in October of that year.
The couple announced they were expecting their first child together in February this year.
In a post on social media, she shared a sonogram and the caption, “Our Rainbow Baby. September cannot come sooner.”
A ‘rainbow baby’ is the term used for a child born to a woman who has previously had a miscarriage.
Meanwhile on Father’s Day, she paid tribute to Jim alongside a video of him and Wyatt together.
She wrote: “He chose us… In the big ways, in the quiet moments, and all the in-betweens.
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“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. Happy (early) Father’s Day to the man who showed up with love and never looked back.”
Meanwhile Drake made headlines last year when he opened up about being sexually abused during the height of his Nickelodeon fame in documentary, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
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