Mar. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly Winston Nguyen, a former “Jeopardy!” champion and private school math teacher in Brooklyn Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for soliciting sexually explicit images from teenagers. Nguyen, 38, of Harlem, pleaded guilty earlier this month to posing as a teenage boy on Snapchat and…
Mar. 4, 2025 By Dean Moses Former “Jeopardy!” champion and Brooklyn Heights private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting sexually explicit images of children and is expected to be sentenced to seven years in prison. The 38-year-old gained fame after winning on “Jeopardy!” in July 2014, appearing in two episodes. A…
Jul. 26, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
A former “Jeopardy!” champion hired to teach at an elite Brooklyn Heights private school is accused of deceiving students into sending him explicit photos and sharing child pornography, prosecutors revealed Thursday.