‘American Ninja Warrior’ Winner Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence For Child Sex Crimes

“American Ninja Warrior” winner Drew Dreschel has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after he was convicted of numerous child sex crimes.

Dreschel, who emerged victorious in season 11 of the NBC show, was first arrested in 2020. His arrest camp just weeks into the taping of the 12th season of the intense competition series.

The network immediately severed ties with Dreschel, then 35, after his arrest and cut him from the season entirely.

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Also a winner of “Last Man Standing” season 8, Dreschel was charged with “seeking sex with a minor and inducing her to send him sexual explicit images.”

A Florida resident, he was charged in New Jersey court and accused of manufacturing child pornography, enticing a minor to travel for illicit sexual conduct, traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and using interstate commerce to entice a minor.

According to a criminal complaint, Drechsel met the victim, a teen from New Jersey, “after an event attended by numerous contestants (from) ‘American Ninja Warrior.'”

In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said Drechsel pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography and using interstate commerce to entice a minor in June 2023. In 2019, law enforcement conducted a search of Dreschel’s phone and “found images of child sexual abuse, including photos and videos of the victim when the victim was 14 and 15 years old,” prosecutors said.

“Drechsel admitted texting the victim and discussing his plans to engage in sexual activity with the victim,” the release continued. “At Drechsel’s urging, the victim traveled across state lines in July 2015 so that Drechsel could have sexual relations with the victim.”

In addition to his 10-year sentence, Drechsel received 15 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim.