NYT > U.S. News Man Who Faked Kayaking Death and Fled U.S. Gets 89-Day Jail Sentence Par :Michael Levenson 26 août 2025 à 19:12 The sentence matched the period last year when the authorities believed Ryan Borgwardt had drowned in a Wisconsin lake. © WMTV 15 NewsRyan Borgwardt, left, in court in Green Lake County, Wis., on Tuesday. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge for having led the authorities to believe he had drowned while kayaking in August 2024.