A little over a decade ago, this former child star who is a serial child sex offender dated this YouTuber/reality star.

He abused her physically and emotionally.

She was never the same.

The abuse she suffered was the beginning of a long downward spiral in her life.

She committed suicide a few years ago.

Drake Bell

YouTuber/reality star: Stevie Ryan

Drake Bell Says He Was ‘Completely Shocked’ by Ex-Girlfriend Stevie Ryan’s Suicide

Drake Bell says he was “completely shocked” when he learned that his ex-girlfriend and YouTuber Stevie Ryan had died.

“I was completely shocked by that,” the Drake & Josh star tells PEOPLE. “It’s still surreal.”

Ryan’s death was ruled a suicide by hanging, according to the L.A. County Coroner’s Office. She died on July 1 at the age of 33.

Bell — who currently has a new song, “Run Away,” out now — also praised Ryan’s incredible talent to create candid celebrity impressions.

“She was really, really stinking talented. She could do any impression of anybody,” Bell, 31, said. ”She had the coolest style of any girl I’d ever met. She had it.”

Ryan rose to fame with her YouTube series, Little Loca. Ryan soon channeled her comedic talent into a pop culture sketch series on VH1 called Stevie TV, which ranfrom 2012-2013. She was also a co-host of Brody Jenner’s E! series Sex with Brody.

When news broke of her death, Bell took to Twitter to express his grief.

“No no no!!!! I can NOT BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!” Bell tweeted along with a throwback photo of himself and Ryan on the red carpet. – Source

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