Jerry Harris

Jerry Harris, from the Netflix series 'Cheer', has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over child sex crimes.

Harris was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child abuse imagery and has been in custody ever since. Harris later admitted to FBI agents to asking a teenage boy to send him photos of himself and to requesting indecent images on Snapchat from at least 10 to 15 others he knew to be minors. Harris allegedly solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.

Harris had pleaded guilty to charges of child pornography and traveling across state lines with the purpose of having sex with a child.

All I can do going forward is to try to do better and be a better person. I do not deserve forgiveness, but I do pray that one day you might find it in your hearts." He said: "It was a great privilege. They cited Harris's troubled childhood, stating he had a "warped" view of relationships as a result of him being sexually assaulted at age 13. He also admitted to exchanging sexual images with 10 to 15 children in three states, knowing they were underage, reports BBC News. At the time, he denied all of the charges against him.

Harris pleaded guilty in February to federal charges of engaging in illegal sexual conduct and soliciting sexual photos with minors.

He reached a deal with prosecutors for guilty pleas in February 2022 – just over a year after he pleaded not guilty to seven charges brought against him in Chicago. Before the hearing, prosecutors filed a memo asking Judge Manish S. Shaw to sentence Harris to 15 years in prison. Harris was arrested in September 2020 for producing child pornography and soliciting sex and sexually explicit images from minors. A federal judge in Chicago sentenced Jerry Harris – star of the 2020 Netflix documentary series “Cheer” – to 12 years in prison on Wednesday after the 22-year-old cheerleader pleaded guilty to two to seven charges of sex crimes with a minor.

Harris pleaded guilty last year to one count of receiving child pornography and one count of traveling with the intention to engage in illegal sexual ...

Harris has been in custody at a federal detention center while awaiting trial. When the boys parents found his phone, the boy also revealed Harris had also initiated sexual encounters with him at cheerleading competitions, something another 13-year-old victim also accused Harris of. Twenty-two year old Harris has been sentenced for coercing teenage boys to send him explicit footage and photos of themselves, as well as soliciting sex from minors at different cheerleading competitions.

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send ...

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"Cheer" breakout star Jerry Harris apologized in court to his victims for "all the trauma my abuse has caused you."

Harris was arrested after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the 13-year-old and his twin brother. I was wrong and selfish. “I am ashamed as I know that I took advantage of your youth and weakness.