Paul Preece, the winner of season one of Outlast, has been charged with aggravated assault, rape of a child and attempted rape of a child.
The 51-year-old appeared in the Netflix survival competition series in 2023, taking home $1,000,000 with his teammates Nick Radner and Seth Lueker.
He was arrested on Friday in Knox County, Tennessee, as reported by Deadline.
Preece is being held on a $150,000 (£112,000) bond and will be required to wear a GPS tracker upon release.
Outlast saw 16 competitors dropped in remote Alaskan terrain, arriving by parachute, and working in teams to survive.
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Season one was filmed on the Neka River on Chichagof Island, while series two moved south of Petersburg to Little Duncan Bay.
There are no vote-outs, the only way to leave the show is by choosing to leave with each of the four teams needing a minimum of two people to compete.
Each competitor is billed as a lone wolf survival expert, forcing them to work together to win.
Season two landed in the Global Top 10 in 22 countries, with two men from Texas winning the million-dollar payout: Drake Vliem II and Drew Haas.
The show, executive-produced by Jason Bateman, has been renewed for a third season, as announced by Netflix last month.
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