Former 'American Ninja Warrior' winner Andrew 'Drew' Drechsel has been sentenced to just over 10 years in prison for multiple child sex crimes.
has been sentenced to just over 10 years in prison after being charged with multiple child sex crimes., Drechsel, 35, was arrested at his home in Florida in August 2020, after beginning a sexual relationship with a teenage girl in 2014 after they met at an event.
The disgraced TV star, of Saint Cloud, Florida, "pleaded guilty on June 1, 2023, before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb to an information charging him with 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 for which the defendant can be charged with a crime," the Attorney's Office said in the release.
"In addition to the prison term, Judge Bumb sentenced Drechsel to 15 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim," the release added.
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