NBC Wednesday severed ties with Drechsel and pledged to eliminate his appearance from the upcoming season.
"American Ninja Warrior" winner Drew Drechsel was arrested Tuesday on federal child-sex-related charges, just weeks after a new season of the reality competition series was taped in St. Louis that prominently features him.
Drechsel, 31, of Saint Cloud, Florida, was arrested Tuesday and charged"with seeking sex with a minor and inducing her to send him sexual explicit images." He appeared in court Tuesday in Florida before his transfer to New Jersey, Craig Carpentino, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said in a statement.
According to a criminal affidavit, Drechsel had sex in 2015 with the alleged victim, then 15, at his Hamden, Connecticut, gym behind a warped wall, a tall, curved obstacle that's a staple of the competition. The U.S. Attorney's statement said Drechsel also induced the teen"to manufacture sexually explicit images of herself and send them" to him.
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