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The former champion of season 11 of “American Ninja Warrior” was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty last year to receiving child pornography and enticing a minor to travel for illicit sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Andrew Drechsel, 35, of Saint Cloud, Florida pleaded guilty on June 1, 2023 to one count of receiving child pornography and knowingly persuading a minor to travel across state lines to engage in sexual activity. Drechsel lived in Hamden, Connecticut between 2014 and Nov. 8, 2019 when authorities said he convinced a minor from New…

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