{"id":2320184,"date":"2026-03-09T19:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2320184"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:17:21","slug":"netflix-outlast-winner-arrested-for-child-rape-sexual-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-outlast-winner-arrested-for-child-rape-sexual-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix ‘Outlast’ winner arrested for child rape, sexual battery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An inaugural winner of Netflix\u2019s \u201cOutlast\u201d survival competition series is facing charges for alleged child rape and sexual battery. <\/p>\n

Paul Preece Jr., one of the three men who secured victory in the series\u2019 debut season in 2023, was arrested Friday in Knox County, Tenn. The Knox County Sheriff\u2019s Office database<\/a> shows Preece was arrested on suspicion of aggravated sexual battery, rape of a child and attempted rape of a child. Preece, 51, did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

The Knox County Sheriff\u2019s Office set Preece\u2019s bond for $150,000. He is due to appear in court on Tuesday for his arraignment. <\/p>\n

When \u201cOutlast\u201d debuted in 2023, Preece was one of 16 contestants battling harsh Alaskan winter elements for a grand prize of $1 million. Netflix\u2019s fan site, Tudum<\/a>, described the Tennessee-based Preece as a longtime hunter and fisherman who said he \u201cpasses on his love for the outdoors by teaching skills to youth and novice hunters each season.\u201d He said at the time he felt his childhood struggles with homelessness in eastern Kentucky informed his survival capabilities. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe Alaska will throw everything she has at me, but I\u2019ve been unknowingly preparing for this all my life,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Preece and fellow contestants Nick Radner and Seth Lueker emerged victorious in the Season 1 finale, splitting the grand prize. \u201cOutlast\u201d returned for its second season in 2024 and was renewed<\/a> in February 2025 for a third. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An inaugural winner of Netflix\u2019s \u201cOutlast\u201d survival competition series is facing charges for alleged child rape and sexual battery. Paul Preece Jr., one of the three men who secured victory in the series\u2019 debut season in 2023, was arrested Friday in Knox County, Tenn. The Knox County Sheriff\u2019s Office database shows Preece was arrested on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2320185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2320184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netflix-Outlast-winner-arrested-for-child-rape-sexual-battery.com2F9a2Fa02F37786aa04396af06fa5fe096.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320186,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320184\/revisions\/2320186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}