Ex-‘Jeopardy!’ champ teaching at NYC private school Winston Nguyen enrolled in sex offender treatment before shocking child porn arrest
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Published Aug. 5, 2024, 2:47 p.m. ET
The elite Brooklyn private school teacher accused of catfishing teens for child porn voluntarily enrolled in a sex offender treatment program before his shocking arrest, his lawyer revealed in a fiery probation hearing Monday.
Winston Nguyen — a former “Jeopardy!” champion hired to teach at the swanky Saint Ann’s School — narrowly escaped going back behind bars during the hearing over whether he violated his probation in a past conviction for stealing more than $300,000 from an elderly couple.
“My concern here is the allegations of him preying upon the most vulnerable citizens,” an animated Judge Josh Hanshaft said during the Manhattan court hearing.
“First it was the elderly, now it’s children.”
Winston Nguyen will effectively be confined to a Harlem apartment.James Messerschmidt
Hanshaft threatened to jail Nguyen before he instead imposed strict probation conditions that effectively confine him to a Harlem apartment — a decision made because of a potential plea deal in the new case.