A teacher and former “Jeopardy!” champion surrendered to authorities Thursday over multiple child pornography charges.
According to a TMZ report, New York City math teacher and “Jeopardy!” champion Winston Nguyen was accused of catfishing minors and sharing explicit images with them on social media.
The report said he was accused of soliciting X-rated images from 5 girls and 1 boy, who all attended different schools. He allegedly pretended to be a teenager online and attempted students to send him explicit images at least 11 times.
'Jeopardy!' Champ Winston Nguyen Arrested Over Child Porn | Click to read more 👇 https://t.co/cYtfEUyT4e
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Nguyen was a teacher at the very high-end, Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights and appeared on ‘Jeopardy!’ two times in 2014.
He turned himself in to authorities roughly one month after he was accused of catfishing minors and sending them adult-content images and was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday afternoon. He will be officially charged with using a child in a sexual performance and for promoting a sexual performance by a child, according to the TMZ report.
Police initially arrested Nguyen in front of his students at Saint Ann’s, but was later released while authorities began a full investigation that included a probe into his personal devices in hopes to find additional evidence.
His school placed him on administrative leave at that time.
As if the case couldn’t be more disturbing, this was not Nguyen’s first brush with the law.
According to TMZ, police had interacted with Nguyen prior to this incident, on an unrelated manner. He was arrested for stealing over $300,000 from an elderly couple in 2017, and served time behind bars at Riker’s Island for that crime.