2025 arrest on january 15, 2025, bell was arrested by the sacramento county sheriff's office for possessing child pornography, according to internet crimes against children detectives tipped off by the national center for missing and exploited children. in a search of bell's home, investigators found 134 videos of child pornography linked to an account owned and controlled by bell as well as computer generated/artificial intelligence child pornography, authorities said. he is one of the first to be arrested for creating ai child pornography. bell is being held with a $1,000,000 bail.[9] he was booked into a sacramento county jail.[9]
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