Drew Drechsel, American Ninja Warrior
American Ninja Warrior winner Drew Drechsel has been charged with little one intercourse crimes, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace of the District of New Jersey introduced Tuesday. Thirty-one-year-old Drechsel plans to plead not responsible in line with a press release from his lawyer.
Drechsel stands accused of getting a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old lady in 2015. In accordance with the criticism, quite a lot of different sexual incidents with the identical minor came about in New Jersey over a span of years.
The sufferer filed fees in June of 2019, which embody the manufacture of kid pornography, enticement of a minor to journey for illicit sexual conduct, journey with the intent to have interaction in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and use of interstate commerce to entice a minor. The prison criticism alleges Drechsel “enticed and coerced a minor to journey to Connecticut to have interaction in illicit sexual conduct and engaged in on-line sexual communications with a minor and induced her to fabricate sexually specific photos of herself and ship them to Drechsel.”
“Mr. Drechsel is presumed harmless of the fees and that presumption will stay all through the pendency of his case. He intends on coming into a ‘not responsible’ plea,” Drescheul’s lawyer Frank J. Riccio II mentioned on Twitter.
NBC Common and A. Smith & Co put out a press release on Wednesday in response to the information, saying that Dreschel had been dropped from American NInja Warrior. ”We’re shocked and disturbed to study in regards to the fees alleged towards Drew Drechsel. American Ninja Warrior is a household present that has impressed numerous individuals, and we is not going to let the actions of 1 contestant tarnish the arduous work and wonderful tales of so many,” the assertion reads. “Shifting ahead, the American Ninja Warrior model will sever all ties with Mr. Drechsel, together with his look on future seasons of the present.”