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‘Boy Meets World’ star meets cops, gets arrested

Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga for 7 years, charged with drunk driving

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Danielle Fishel was arrested Thursday just before 5 a.m., officials said. She was released from jail shortly after her arrest.
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updated 8:43 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2007

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Former child star Danielle Fishel, a teen heartthrob on ABC's "Boy Meets World," was arrested this week on a drunken driving warrant from Los Angeles County, police said.

Fishel was arrested Thursday just before 5 a.m. after officers stopped a car she was in, said Newport Beach Sgt. James Rocker. She was released from jail shortly after her arrest.

Fishel grew up in Yorba Linda and spent more than seven years playing Topanga, the love interest of "Boy Meets World" star Ben Savage.

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In 2006, Fishel became the spokeswoman for NutriSystem after she announced on The Tyra Banks show that she was so thrilled about losing 20 pounds with the diet program that she wanted to be the company's spokeswoman.

In February, Fishel became a special correspondent for the Tyra Banks show.

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