Jerry Harris, who was prominently featured in Season 1 of Netflix’s Cheer, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for soliciting intercourse and pornographic images and movies from minors, USA Today reviews.
In September 2020, Harris was arrested after 14-year-old twin brothers alleged that he repeatedly harassed them on-line and in particular person after they have been 13 and he was 19. One of many brothers additionally accused Harris of asking him for intercourse at two cheerleading competitions.
In February 2022, Harris pleaded responsible to 2 costs to a number of costs of sexual assault of a minor and paying a minor to ship him express movies and images through Snapchat.
Harris additionally was sentenced to eight years of supervised launch following his jail sentence.
On the time of Harris’ arrest, Navarro coach Monica Aldama commented on Instagram that, “My coronary heart is shattered into one million items… I’m praying arduous for the victims and everybody affected.” Netflix responded to the fees with an announcement: “Like everybody, we’re shocked by this information. Any abuse of minors is a horrible crime, and we respect the authorized course of.”
Season 2 of the cheerleading docu-series didn’t shrink back from the information of Harris’ arrest, which passed off whereas the present was on a COVID-19-induced hiatus. When Harris’ teammate Gabi Butler heard the information, “my coronary heart fully sank,” she recalls in Episode 5. “I, actually, thought I used to be dwelling in a foul dream. I couldn’t wrap my head round any of that. I felt like somebody had simply, like, died.” The collection additionally interviewed the twins who introduced the preliminary allegations towards Harris.
