American Ninja Warrior winner Drew Drechsel, 35, is sentenced to 10 decades for little one intercourse crimes

Previous American Ninja Warrior winner Andrew ‘Drew’ Drechsel has been sentenced to just about 10 years in prison right after becoming billed with a series of little one intercourse criminal offense prices.

On Wednesday, the United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey confirmed in a press release that the 35-yr-outdated was purchased to ‘121 months in prison for receiving little one pornography and enticement to vacation for illicit sexual conduct.’ 

The disgraced fact star, ideal acknowledged for profitable season 11 of American Ninja Warrior in 2019, was arrested at his dwelling in St. Cloud, Florida in 2020.

On June 1, 2023, Drechsel ‘pleaded guilty’ in front of ‘Chief U.S. District Choose Renée M. Bumb to an information and facts charging him with a single rely of obtaining kid pornography and one particular rely of knowingly persuading, inducing, engaging and coercing a small to vacation interstate to engage in sexual exercise for which the defendant can be billed with a criminal offense.’ 

Per the Attorney’s Office environment launch, the judge sentenced ‘Drechsel to 15 many years of supervised launch and ordered him to fork out $100,000 in restitution to the victim’ on best of the prison phrase. 

Recognised by his nickname ‘the Real Lifestyle Ninja’, Drechsel allegedly commenced a sexual partnership with a 15-yr-old lady in New Jersey back again in 2015, documents attained by DailyMail.com clearly show. 

Drechsel seemingly met the alleged target at an American Ninja Warrior contestant function, where by they exchanged figures and commenced texting a single a further. 

Through their purported correspondence, Drechsel is claimed to have organized for the girl – who lived in New Jersey at the time – to take a look at his gymnasium, the True Everyday living Ninja Academy, in Hamden, Connecticut in July 2015 as a existing for her 15th birthday.

The pair exchanged text messages about ‘plans for sexual activity’ in the guide up to her visit, the criticism states.

Through her stop by to the fitness center, Drechsel and the girl reportedly grew to become intimate within his office right after his girlfriend, April Beckner, left the premises.

Prosecutors say Drechsel laid out a mattress and blanket driving a wall in his workplace in which he allegedly experienced sexual intercourse with the teenager.

The lady explained to her mom about the alleged sexual come upon afterwards the similar day. 

When the mom confronted Drechsel about the incident, she promises he ‘did not deny the sexual activity, but instead stated he did not know her age at the time’.

Just months later on, Drechsel contacted the sufferer yet again where they talked over getting sexual relations again, prosecutors say.

The Ninja Warrior winner allegedly informed the victim that the subsequent time they fulfilled, unlike on the preceding occasion they would not have ‘time to offer with [victim’s] shyness and timidity’.

The teenager is claimed to have confessed that however she was nervous it would not materialize once again.

‘PSH, we’ll see I guess,’ Drechsel is said to have responded, to which the girl reported she’d ‘be better’ for him the following time they fulfilled.

The subsequent January, Drechsel texted the girl to notify her he was travelling from Connecticut to New Jersey and reportedly advised her he preferred to fulfill for yet another sexual come upon.

He reportedly picked the teen female up from her dwelling, and drove her to the parking lot of a cafe in Marlton where by they experienced sexual intercourse.

Getting reviewed Drechsel’s bank account action, investigators say his card was charged at the Marlton restaurant for $37.76 on January 2, 2016 – the similar working day the female promises the sexual face happened.

In accordance to the lady, Drechsel picked up food items after the face ended so he would have an justification to explain to his girlfriend when he returned house.

The woman claimed that they experienced intercourse several extra instances amongst the time she was 15 and 17 decades aged, in accordance to the grievance.

They would also communicate consistently on Skype, where Drechsel allegedly instructed the woman to get rid of all of her clothing on a lot of events and filmed the encounters on his cell cellular phone with no her know-how.

Sexual visuals and video footage of the woman was discovered by investigators on Drechsel’s previous mobile cellphone, in accordance to the complaint. One particular of the pictures was taken when she was just 14.

In a text exchanged dated June 26, 2016, when the woman was 16-several years-previous, Drechsel reportedly messaged her declaring ‘Skype now?’

The lady responded that she didn’t really feel snug online video chatting Drechsel, allegedly incorporating that she ‘felt he was not experiencing himself’.

Drechsel reportedly reassured her, ‘It’s generally entertaining for me, you are always fantastic and I would like I have been there to assistance.’

The target came ahead to police in June 2019, the criticism states. Officers spoke to the mom of the female, who verified that her daughter confided in her when the sexual romance began. 

According to the mother, she did not report the incident to police at the time because her daughter threatened to hurt herself if she did.

The charges towards Drechsel include manufacture of child pornography, enticement of a minor to vacation for illicit sexual perform, journey with the intent to have interaction in illicit sexual carry out with a minor, and use of interstate commerce to entice a insignificant.

At the time, Drechsel’s law firm, Frank Riccio, claimed his consumer prepared to plead not guilty to all rates.

‘Mr. Drechsel is presumed innocent of the prices and that presumption will remain in the course of the pendency of his scenario,’ Riccio tweeted. ‘He intends on coming into a “not guilty” plea. It is respectfully asked for that you respect the privateness of Mr. Drechsel and his household.’

Drechsel and Beckner welcomed their first baby jointly, a baby boy, in December 2019.

In the hrs considering that the criticism was released, Beckner has deleted her public social media profiles and Drechsel has turned his Instagram account private.

Drechsel, who designed the profitable rope climb for Crew United states of america in the 2019 ‘USA vs. the World’ American Ninja Warrior competitors, also participated on Staff United states of america in 2020.