‘Jeopardy!’ champ Winston Nguyen — now teacher at elite NYC school — faces scrutiny amid explicit photo probe
A “Jeopardy!” champ and math teacher may be free without charges after his shock arrest in front of students at a swanky Brooklyn private school — but he hasn’t escaped scrutiny.
Winston Nguyen, 37, remains under investigation in a still-murky Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office probe centered around sexualized images, a prosecutors’ spokesperson said Monday.
Nguyen was arrested last week at Saint Ann’s School — an elite Brooklyn Heights pre-K to 12 school that boasts famous alumni such as Lena Dunham — and released Saturday without being charged, sources told The Post.
Officials deferred prosecution on unspecified accusations pending further investigation, including looking through his computer and phone, the sources said Monday.
Nguyen’s attorney, Frank Rothman, said prosecutors are continuing an investigation into digital devices.
He said he expects they’ll contact him once that probe is finished.
“Until then, we’re in limbo,” he said.
“My guess is things will happen in the near future, within a week.”
A spokeswoman for the school — where tuition runs upwards of $60,000 a year — told the Daily Beast, which first reported the arrest, that Nguyen was placed on leave.
Saint Ann’s Head of School Kenyatte Reid notified parents that the investigation related to “inappropriate sexualized images,” the Daily Beast reported.
The arrest isn’t the first time Nguyen has cut a high profile.
Nguyen appeared in two “Jeopardy!” episodes in 2014, and was later busted for stealing more than $300,000 from a 96-year-old blind man and his 92-year-old wife — a crime for which he served time on Rikers Island.
He declined to comment when reached by phone Monday.
