‘American Ninja Warrior’ Drew Drechsel Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes

Published on June 28, 2024

Andrew Drechsel, a personal trainer who won season 11 of the NBC competition game show “American Ninja Warrior,” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex crimes involving a minor. The 35-year-old was sentenced on June 26 in a Camden, New Jersey, federal court, according to a press release issued by the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office. The sentencing comes after Mr. Drechsel pleaded guilty on June 1, 2023, to one count of receiving child pornography and one count of “knowingly persuading, inducing, enticing and coercing a minor to travel interstate to engage in sexual activity,” the release states. Upon serving his 121-month prison sentence, Mr. Drechsel must also complete 15 years of supervised release and pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim....

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