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'American Ninja Warrior' Champ Drew Drechsel Sentenced For Child Sex Crimes Involving NJ Victim 'American Ninja Warrior' Champ Drew Drechsel Sentenced For Child Sex Crimes Involving NJ Victim
'American Ninja Warrior' Champ Drew Drechsel Sentenced For Child Sex Crimes Involving NJ Victim "American Ninja Warrior" champion Drew Drechsel's has fallen from grace and landed in federal prison. Drechsel, 35, who was crowned Total Champion of NBC's "American Ninja Warrior" in 2019, was sentenced last week in Camden Federal Court to 121 months in prison — just more than 10 years — for the charges stemming from child sex crimes that U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said involved a teen victim from New Jersey. "The Real Life Ninja" told investigators he met the victim in 2014, when they were 14 years old through the parkour community as an “American Ninja Warrior.…

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‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen
‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen A three-time winner of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” is accused of multiple sex crimes involving an underage girl, authorities said. Drew Drechsel, known as “The Real Life Ninja” on the show, was arrested Tuesday at his home in Saint Cloud, Florida. Drechsel is accused of manufacturing child pornography, enticing a minor to travel for sex and use of interstate commerce to entice a minor, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The alleged victim said she and Drechsel had sex multiple times around New Jersey, including in the parking lot of a restaurant and outside a gy…

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