NYC kids catfished for lewd images by ex-Jeopardy! champ share devastating details at his sentencing: Ruined my life

Brooklyn students fooled into sending nude images to an ex-”Jeopardy!” champ teacher were “ruined” by the catfishing scheme, according to victim statements read at his sentencing on Wednesday.Former private school math teacher and TV trivia whiz Winston Nguyen, 38, will spend the next seven years in prison as punishment for his crimes after statements were read from his ashamed victims who revealed how he preyed on their innocence and trust.“You took advantage of me when I was at a mental low,” one victim wrote in an impact statement read aloud to the courtroom.

“You gave me the validation my young, impressionable mind needed.You used this to manipulate me into sending you explicit photographs of myself.”Nguyen stood in court during the proceeding wearing a beige prison jumpsuit and a brand-new black eye — which his lawyer, Franklin Rothman, later said was the product of a jail assault that forced the disgraced trivia nerd into protective custody.“I knew in my head it was wrong, and I should not have been doing it,” the victim statement continued.

“But it was the only love my looks had ever received, and I was afraid of losing it.“Now, every time I look at myself, I think of you,” she wrote.“I think of all the inappropriate things you said about my body.

You sent these images to countless people … I do not know who knows and I feel like at any moment, people are going to find out the girl who sent nudes to the teacher was me.”“The truth is, there’s never anything you can do to fix this.You ruined my life, broke my ability to trust.”Nguyen, who taught at the swanky Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights, landed in hot water for posing as a teenage boy on Snapchat and taking part in hundreds of sexual chats with kids as young as 13-years old.Prosecutors said Nguyen victimized at least six kids who attended a cadre of four Brooklyn private schools — including Saint Ann’s.The disturbing actions — which authorities said...