The reigning champ of American Ninja Warrior was arrested in the US on Tuesday after being accused of having a years-long sexual relationship with a teen girl from New Jersey, federal prosecutors said.
The alleged victim came forward in June 2019, telling cops that she and Drew Drechsel had sex several times beginning in 2015, when she was 15 and he was 26, according to a criminal complaint.
They first met and exchanged phone numbers in 2014, at an event attended by several American Ninja Warrior contestants, the complaint states.
For her 15th birthday present, Drechsel allegedly invited the girl to his Hamden, Connecticut gym, where the two had sex after his girlfriend left the establishment, the court documents says.
The teen told her mother about it the next day. When the mum confronted Drechsel, he didn’t deny sleeping with her child, but claimed he didn’t know her age, the complaint states.
Over the next two years, 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 gym in Hainesport, when she was between the ages of 15 of 17.
The Ninja Warrior contestant asked her often to Skype him while she was naked and kept several pornographic photos and videos of her on an old phone, the complaint states.
Drechsel, now 31 and a Florida resident, was charged with manufacturing child pornography, enticing a minor to travel for illicit sexual conduct, travelling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and use of interstate commerce to entice a minor.
His lawyer, Frank Riccio, said in a statement Tuesday that Drechsel plans on pleading not guilty.
“Mr. Drechsel is presumed innocent of the charges and that presumption will remain throughout the pendency of his case,” Riccio said. “He intends on entering a ‘not guilty’ plea.”
Drechsel – who won $US1 million ($A1.39 million) on the competition show – is awaiting transfer to New Jersey after making his initial court appearance before a federal judge in Florida.
This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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2020-08-05 13:04:44Z
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