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Post by arsenette on Oct 11, 2020 13:12:58 GMT -5
I'd really take everything a random member says with a pinch of salt. It's easy for everyone now to come and say whatever they want about Drew and it'll be legit to people's minds because of what's happened. The general consensus has been that Drew has been cocky but respectful to productions and fans (even in the debacle that was SASUKE 31 he apologized for his outburst and kindly asked to return). I can only confirm his being and absolute and complete a*****e to the Sasuke production staff after his blatant disregard of rules during his Sasuke 31 CCH reverse technique clear. I was physically there to see the spectacle that followed and witnessed what caused the rerun.  That's from the Sasuke 31 Navi blog. Spot the loonie.. I was in the stands and on tape showing my reaction to the eventual Morimoto clear. After he disregarded the rules and cleared he slowed down and looked around. He KNEW he broke the rules. We were all excited because at first we thought they okayed it (none of us knew at the time and at that moment we thought he cleared first) but immediately Inui chased him down after Drew waved off 2 of the production staff. Inui was the only one trying to talk to him in English when Drew in a hissy fit started screaming at Inui right in front of the crowd. It was uncomfortable to look at because THIS is the image of Americans that most people in Japan "expect". After a few minutes of back and forth Drew said he didn't know and that it was okay in the USA. Inui wasn't sure but thought it might be legit (even though it was a clear rule by the Safety Board to NOT do it that way in Japan). So in a huge huff Inui threw his hands in the air and waved him back to the beginning of the CCH. Everyone knew he was going to fail it and alas that is what he did. The look on Drew's face afterwards was one of someone who got caught. EVERYONE ignored him and he kept his mouth shut after that. In 32 he was downright a saint on set. Yes sir, no sir and kept to his own. He was idolized by the Shin Sedai as some sort of a god. He could do things they couldn't and they hounded me and my friends to translate for him even during my off times. So I had spent time I wasn't expecting with Drew wedged in what was supposed to be interviews for the book I was supposed to be writing. But Drew kept crashing all of them and they turned into "parties". So I have a different view of Drew based on my own experience and know him to be an opportunistic schmuck. But that is separate from his abilities and talent and chalked it up to the smugness and entitlement of the Millennial generation. Everyone here on SMF knows that. Here is the exchange as I saw it at the time. As for him "not knowing" the CCH rule was in place.. that's absolute bulls**t. I found that out after I talked to my friends who did the interpreting after the airing happened and I did my blog and my podcast with William at the time. I knew of the rule (and go into extreme detail when the rule came to be in the podcast) but I didn't know about what happened during the 31 walk through when it happened. He failed so we didn't discuss it as a group. However once that came out my friends sat me down and explained that I was incorrect that he didn't know. This exact question about the rule was dealt with that night during the walk through throughout a whole series of events. Anastase asked about this specifically since he thought it might be useful to turn around to see where he was jumping to when they got to the CCH. We had spent some time in the parking lot discussing it with Tada and Jin explaining the correct technique. So while Anastase was in front of the CCH he asked the question in French. It was translated into English to be translated to Japanese. Then the answer was given in Japanese then English then French. Then the issue was expounded back with another question in French to English back to Japanese with the answer in Japanese then English then French. This went on over a period of a few minutes during the walk through. I was in the stands with Tada so I didn't know. So yes he knew. I won't go back and retcon a blog post because that's my rule. That was my impression at the time and I still stand by that since that's what I thought until a month or so after the broadcast when my friends read what I wrote. We dealt with the aftermath in the intervening year. The problem which he told me sheepishly btw a couple days later from 31 was that he didn't train the "correct" way and so he did it "his way" since it was the only way he was going to clear it that year. When I saw him again in 32 during the massive downtime a year later because he knew I was upset about 31 and he was determined to be the first to clear it (regardless of country) and so he worked his a** off to clear it legit. By this point he had cleared the first staget wet and muscled a clear knowing he would not get a political rerun if it came to that. He knew he was on eggshells in 32 without knowing that I worked my a** off behind the scenes to get him back. You don't ban people for personality problems you ban them for infractions. I still go by this motto. So I went to bat for him based on merit alone and my conversations with Inui were intense. Drew was super nice to me in 32 when he found out the lengths I risked what was left of my reputation to get him back on the show. We all know how TBS took to that display. ********* As for the case itself we are up to 4 victims. 3 were underage and the last presumably was not but is claiming rape (worst being April's friend to boot). That's where we are right now. Cocky? Absolutely. Manipulative? Absolutely and that was known throughout ANW as gospel. Womanizer? Hell yes but that was considered April's problem and personal. Pedophile? No and that's why we are here. |
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Post by PsychoDelusion on Oct 11, 2020 20:16:08 GMT -5
I'd really take everything a random member says with a pinch of salt. It's easy for everyone now to come and say whatever they want about Drew and it'll be legit to people's minds because of what's happened. The general consensus has been that Drew has been cocky but respectful to productions and fans (even in the debacle that was SASUKE 31 he apologized for his outburst and kindly asked to return). I can only confirm his being and absolute and complete a*****e to the Sasuke production staff after his blatant disregard of rules during his Sasuke 31 CCH reverse technique clear. I was physically there to see the spectacle that followed and witnessed what caused the rerun. That's from the Sasuke 31 Navi blog. Spot the loonie.. I was in the stands and on tape showing my reaction to the eventual Morimoto clear. After he disregarded the rules and cleared he slowed down and looked around. He KNEW he broke the rules. We were all excited because at first we thought they okayed it (none of us knew at the time and at that moment we thought he cleared first) but immediately Inui chased him down after Drew waved off 2 of the production staff. Inui was the only one trying to talk to him in English when Drew in a hissy fit started screaming at Inui right in front of the crowd. It was uncomfortable to look at because THIS is the image of Americans that most people in Japan "expect". After a few minutes of back and forth Drew said he didn't know and that it was okay in the USA. Inui wasn't sure but thought it might be legit (even though it was a clear rule by the Safety Board to NOT do it that way in Japan). So in a huge huff Inui threw his hands in the air and waved him back to the beginning of the CCH. Everyone knew he was going to fail it and alas that is what he did. The look on Drew's face afterwards was one of someone who got caught. EVERYONE ignored him and he kept his mouth shut after that. In 32 he was downright a saint on set. Yes sir, no sir and kept to his own. He was idolized by the Shin Sedai as some sort of a god. He could do things they couldn't and they hounded me and my friends to translate for him even during my off times. So I had spent time I wasn't expecting with Drew wedged in what was supposed to be interviews for the book I was supposed to be writing. But Drew kept crashing all of them and they turned into "parties". So I have a different view of Drew based on my own experience and know him to be an opportunistic schmuck. But that is separate from his abilities and talent and chalked it up to the smugness and entitlement of the Millennial generation. Everyone here on SMF knows that. Here is the exchange as I saw it at the time. As for him "not knowing" the CCH rule was in place.. that's absolute bulls**t. I found that out after I talked to my friends who did the interpreting after the airing happened and I did my blog and my podcast with William at the time. I knew of the rule (and go into extreme detail when the rule came to be in the podcast) but I didn't know about what happened during the 31 walk through when it happened. He failed so we didn't discuss it as a group. However once that came out my friends sat me down and explained that I was incorrect that he didn't know. This exact question about the rule was dealt with that night during the walk through throughout a whole series of events. Anastase asked about this specifically since he thought it might be useful to turn around to see where he was jumping to when they got to the CCH. We had spent some time in the parking lot discussing it with Tada and Jin explaining the correct technique. So while Anastase was in front of the CCH he asked the question in French. It was translated into English to be translated to Japanese. Then the answer was given in Japanese then English then French. Then the issue was expounded back with another question in French to English back to Japanese with the answer in Japanese then English then French. This went on over a period of a few minutes during the walk through. I was in the stands with Tada so I didn't know. So yes he knew. I won't go back and retcon a blog post because that's my rule. That was my impression at the time and I still stand by that since that's what I thought until a month or so after the broadcast when my friends read what I wrote. We dealt with the aftermath in the intervening year. The problem which he told me sheepishly btw a couple days later from 31 was that he didn't train the "correct" way and so he did it "his way" since it was the only way he was going to clear it that year. When I saw him again in 32 during the massive downtime a year later because he knew I was upset about 31 and he was determined to be the first to clear it (regardless of country) and so he worked his a** off to clear it legit. By this point he had cleared the first staget wet and muscled a clear knowing he would not get a political rerun if it came to that. He knew he was on eggshells in 32 without knowing that I worked my a** off behind the scenes to get him back. You don't ban people for personality problems you ban them for infractions. I still go by this motto. So I went to bat for him based on merit alone and my conversations with Inui were intense. Drew was super nice to me in 32 when he found out the lengths I risked what was left of my reputation to get him back on the show. We all know how TBS took to that display. ********* As for the case itself we are up to 4 victims. 3 were underage and the last presumably was not but is claiming rape (worst being April's friend to boot). That's where we are right now. Cocky? Absolutely. Manipulative? Absolutely and that was known throughout ANW as gospel. Womanizer? Hell yes but that was considered April's problem and personal. Pedophile? No and that's why we are here. Very interesting insight and thank you for sharing these details. I was following your coverage and podcasts with Will non-stop back when you were active and I clearly remember you saying that he was being an arse initially but in the end I always had in mind that he didn't know he was breaking the rules and him being him, well led to this. Pretty sad but it is what it is in the end. Personally I'm beyond the point where any news actually affect me anymore. I just choose to focus on his achievements and that's that. All in all though, yet again, what a letdown. |
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Post by arsenette on Oct 12, 2020 8:47:07 GMT -5
Very interesting insight and thank you for sharing these details. I was following your coverage and podcasts with Will non-stop back when you were active and I clearly remember you saying that he was being an arse initially but in the end I always had in mind that he didn't know he was breaking the rules and him being him, well led to this. Pretty sad but it is what it is in the end. Personally I'm beyond the point where any news actually affect me anymore. I just choose to focus on his achievements and that's that. All in all though, yet again, what a letdown. Yep that's why I said it the way I did. I did write more about it when 32 came around but overall it was still correct. He was still an a** and I chalked it up to a horrible situation (which it was) and it was uncomfortable to see (which it was) and his change on set in 32 was a result of the year and the lesson he learned. He was marked different on set in 32 and I made sure people knew that. Kacy was another thing altogether and I still can't stand her but BOTH situations I deemed personal and unique to me. I see how they are with kids and other fans and that's why I understand completely people looking up to them. This was after all 4-5 years ago and a lot has happened since then. My experiences are wholly different and not usual to how an average fan would encounter them. Drew out of set is a different person and I know that's a personality thing. The crashing of my personal interviews (and people wonder why I could never finish the book since I couldn't get the information I needed and to do that I had to trash talk Drew and company) are something that happened to me but wouldn't happen necessarily to anyone else so in a sense I stayed quiet. Again, personality issue. I often thought he may be ADHD or something because he would do things without regard for consequence. Then I just concluded that he is used to getting his way and when he ran up into me (and my husband) he ran into a brick wall. I just don't tolerate crap and he didn't know how to handle that. So as a result he would deal with me differently than anyone else. I wasn't "a fan" or "an enemy". Hell.. in 32 when he approached me he literally walked up slowly and said "Truce?" and we talked after that just fine. A day after that he crashed my interview.. but at that point he wasn't the only one crashing (some of the Japanese also did). I just left Japan happy I retired from Sasuke. I was just not the demographic for it anymore. That's probably why I didn't feel let down. I feel outrage (and all of you know why now) since NO ONE should do this to anyone let alone people who look up to you. So while I wasn't surprised at the way he would manipulate people, I was enraged to find out to what extent and to what reason he did so. It's one thing to be like Yamada (in personality almost to a T) but another to be R. Kelly. Everyone was blind sighted on that. |
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Post by tyler on Oct 12, 2020 15:45:23 GMT -5
One thing that really makes me sad is to find out how horrific of a person Drew actually was during his "maturing" time. I think anyone who followed Drew for a long time knew he was initially pretty cocky with a big ego. But it felt like he started growing up. Between Drew's early failure in the city finals and Drew's 31 controversy, he seemed to start taking ninja seriously as both a competitor and an ambassador of the sport. Obviously being an a$$ is wrong but from the viewers perspective he really started to make changes of being a genuinely better person. Obviously, what Drew did to those children would always be wrong whether he appeared nice or rude. But it hurts more because it APPEARED that he really was improving as a human. But to know some of this was still happening during then is just scary. He seemed to be genuinely friends with so many in the ninja community and was a mentor to many children. And to know he was doing things as a "good person" just makes me question how good people really are.
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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on Oct 15, 2020 16:16:56 GMT -5
You should hear the stories of how he treated the production & build crews... Tell them Can't as its not my own and don't want to get them in trouble. Most I can really say is hes an a*****e to them. |
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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on Oct 15, 2020 16:18:01 GMT -5
Only negative thing I've ever heard about him before this news broke out is him coming off a bit too cocky at times. Hearing him being rude to production is new to me considering how hard they've pushed him as the face of the show and for him to win especially with the introduction of the safety passes. Would be interesting to hear all the other shady moments he's done to others. The team that builds and handles the course stuff is different than the team who does promo. |
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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on Oct 15, 2020 16:23:46 GMT -5
I'd really take everything a random member says with a pinch of salt. It's easy for everyone now to come and say whatever they want about Drew and it'll be legit to people's minds because of what's happened. The general consensus has been that Drew has been cocky but respectful to productions and fans (even in the debacle that was SASUKE 31 he apologised for his outburst and kindly asked to return). The updates have sealed the grave for him. Such a shame. Could have gone down as a legend, but now only his skills will go down as such. Feel very sorry for all the individuals that were affected by this. Most I will say on this is that my info comes from a trusted source. Obviously cant go further than that for the sake of jobs but don't believe what you hear from fans. His persona is not who he is and lots of people have been in fear of speaking out due to his popularity. |
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Post by anwsuperfan on Nov 6, 2020 15:47:52 GMT -5
http://instagram.com/p/CHQCaQVAvrd These are April's words of what she's been going through for the last few months. Seems like she turned off commenting on all her posts. My heart hurts after reading this, just hope the best for her and Korey :/ |
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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on Nov 6, 2020 23:28:12 GMT -5
http://instagr.am/p/CHQCaQVAvrd These are April's words of what she's been going through for the last few months. Seems like she turned off commenting on all her posts. My heart hurts after reading this, just hope the best for her and Korey :/ That is absolutely heartbreaking to hear. I truly can't imagine the pain she's going through. |
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Post by arsenette on Nov 7, 2020 8:02:03 GMT -5
Postpartum depression is crippling on it's own and learning all of this was going on a month before giving birth (November the feds issued warrants twice) is just heartbreaking. I pray with her saying she was diagnosed that she is getting medical care. I'm happy she's getting help. Her son needs her now more than ever.
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Post by subtleagent on Nov 7, 2020 12:49:10 GMT -5
April's really had it rough. I'm amazed she came back online at all, but I hope she can get through all of this.
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Post by DeAndre on Nov 8, 2020 8:37:04 GMT -5
My world's still turned upside down after 3 months. I live halfway across the world from the situation, have 'known' Drew for 4 years and not even personally. April's been with the dude 10 years (her entire adult and adolescent life wtf) and she's been smitten with him, you just look at her page man and it breaks my heart for her to think that mathematically, she's probably thinking half her life was a lie.
I don't really have any words for the emotions she's probably feeling and I don't really think it's appropriate for me to try to imagine them either but jesus dude that's really really rough. At the very least she's got the ninja community sort of behind her though... I hope she gets better for the sake of her and her kid. I cannot imagine how Korey will grow up with this cloud over his head.
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Post by zoran on Nov 13, 2020 9:29:51 GMT -5
Has there been any updates on the legal proceedings?
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Post by anwsuperfan on Nov 15, 2020 2:22:39 GMT -5
Has there been any updates on the legal proceedings? Nothing new has been filed since October 1st. I think it’s possible we may not even hear anything new until sometime next year since they’re in the discovery phase which can take large amounts of time especially with COVID causing a delay in things. I think the only reason there were weekly filings back in September through October was because they would go back and forth with the court trying to bail out but kept failing. Now with him being firmly denied, he’s going to have to wait it out until trial |
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Post by christianjcona304869 on Nov 24, 2020 14:22:04 GMT -5
OH.....
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GOD.....
DREW WHAT HAVE YOU DONE...
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Post by anwsuperfan on Nov 24, 2020 16:21:08 GMT -5
Here's some minor news if anyone was wondering. About 2 hours ago according to the VINElink, he was released from Essex Correctional County Facility and transferred to Salem County Correctional Facility. Curious if he'll spend the rest of his time here before trial or if he'll get transferred somewhere else. Also makes me curious if this was one of the many locations he is facing charges from. ETA: sccf-pubweb.salemcountynj.gov:8085/IMLholy s***, type out "ANDREW, DRECHSEL, and his date of birth: 01/06/1989, and you'll see his new mugshot and his additional charges.. pretty disturbing |
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Post by arsenette on Nov 24, 2020 16:48:52 GMT -5
Yeah one of 3 photos. It's been a while since we've seen a new one (seems when he was moved to Essex they didn't update the photos but Salem sure does it. Salem for those unfamiliar is way south of New Jersey (ironically closer to me) and bordering Delaware (via bridge since NJ at that point is a peninsula).  |
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Post by tyler on Nov 24, 2020 18:32:56 GMT -5
For curiosity's sake I looked it up. I see the end child welfare parent charge. Does that mean April isn't going to get any money from Drew for Korey? I know it's none of my business but if that's the case, that's really unfair.
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Post by arsenette on Nov 24, 2020 20:04:02 GMT -5
For curiosity's sake I looked it up. I see the end child welfare parent charge. Does that mean April isn't going to get any money from Drew for Korey? I know it's none of my business but if that's the case, that's really unfair. I think that is what April’s now deleted post was referring to. |
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Post by ninja1985 on Nov 24, 2020 22:17:52 GMT -5
oy, Look at Drew. He looks unrecognizable
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