The former drummer of Cake, Pete McNeal, has been sentenced to 15 years to life in a California state prison for molesting a 3-year-old girl in 2009.
McNeal was found guilty of “one count of oral copulation of a child 10 years old or younger” last year, referring to an event that occurred at a Thanksgiving party in 2009. He was previously charged with attempting to molest a 6-year-old while volunteering at a school and sentenced to three years probation, just two weeks after the Thanksgiving event. He will have to register as a sex offender for life.
McNeal played with Cake from 2001-2004 after replacing founding drummer Todd Roper. He has also played with Norah Jones and Mike Doughty.