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Ex-Cake Drummer Pete McNeal Gets 15 Years to Life for Molesting 3-Year-Old Girl

Peter Ivan McNeal was sentenced to prison on Dec. 2, 2014 for molesting a 3-year-old girl. (Credit: LAPD)

A former drummer for the alternative rock band Cake was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison for molesting a 3-year-old girl.

Peter Ivan McNeal was found guilty in March of one count of oral copulation of a child 10 years old or younger, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The crime occurred on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 at a Laurel Canyon home where McNeal was a guest, the DA’s Office said.

In addition to prison, the 48-year-old was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life.