SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — “Deadliest Catch” reality TV fisherman Edgar Hansen pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a home near Seattle, but isn’t expected to serve any jail time.
Hansen, 47, received a 364-day suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to fourth degree sexual assault with sexual motivation, the Associated Press reported. He was also ordered to undergo a sexual deviancy evaluation and give a DNA sample to authorities.
A detective contacted Hansen’s wife, who confronted her husband about the allegations, court documents show. She told police that he denied the accusations at first, but eventually admitted to touching the girl inappropriately.
According to court documents obtained by KIRO 7, a 16-year-old girl told her therapist that Hansen sexually assaulted her at a Mountlake Terrace home in September.
Hansen is deck boss and crew member of the Seattle-based crabbing boat featured on the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch."
The boat’s captain, Sig Hansen, is Edgar Hansen’s brother.