A former American Ninja Warrior champion has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.
After prison, Andrew Drechsel, age 35, must additionally serve 15 years of supervised release and pay the victim $100,000 in restitution, Chief U.S.
District Judge Renée M. Bumb ruled in New Jersey on Wednesday. Drechsel pled guilty on June 1 to receiving child pornography and knowingly enticing and coercing a minor to travel interstate to engage in sex, the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in New Jersey announced. The victim came forward in 2019. She claimed they met and exchanged phone numbers at a parkour event in 2014 that was attended by several American Ninja Warrior contestants.
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