Chicago— Prosecutor judges federal judge and former star Jerry Harris In a 15-year prison for Netflix's documentary series Cheer, have teenage boys send their obscene pictures and videos and ask minors for sex at a cheerleader's tournament. rice field.
Harris' lawyer is seeking a six-year sentence.
Assistant US Prosecutor Kelly Guzman wrote in a note late Wednesday that Harris said, "Competitive cheerleader status, social media personas, and ultimately celebrities and money. I used to convince young victims to engage them. " He is doing sexually explicit acts for him or with him.
Guzman also demanded a sentence including release from prison for 10 years after his sentence.
Harris, 22,, on the outskirts of Naperville, receivedchild pornography earlier this year and traveled with the intention of engaging in illegal sexual activity. , Each pleaded guilty. .. He will be sentenced by Judge Manishshire of the US District Court on July 6.
Attorneys demanded release from eight years of surveillance following six years in prison, "damaging Harris" People and victims, "he said, and said he had been sexually assaulted as a child.
"The trauma he experienced as a child normalized a distorted version of what he understood to be a proper relationship. He was sexually assaulted as a minor. At that time, no one supported him, in this case the victim who was deeply repentant, "the lawyer wrote.
Federal prosecutors admitted that the actor's traumatic childhood was a mitigation factor for his crimes, but "Harris's childhood was very difficult, but a minor. It wasn't a blank check to commit a sexual crime against him. "
Harris remains detained in a federal detention facility.
Harris was arrested in September 2020 on suspicion of producing child pornography. Prosecutors alleged that he asked for videos and images from his two 14-year-old brothers.
According to the complaint, federal prosecutors admitted that Harris had repeatedly requested underage teens for porn videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.
Then, in December of that year, he was charged with alleging illegal activity in Illinois, Florida, and Texas. According to the indictment, Harris asked a minor for sex at a cheerleader competition and persuaded a teenage boy to send obscene photos and videos.
According to the indictment, Harris asked FBI agents to send teenage boys their lewd pictures and demand at least 10 to 15 minor child pornography on Snapchat. I admitted that I did.
"Cheerleader" was a huge success when it was released in January 2020, and Harris became popular with his cheerful attitude and encouragement "Matt Talk". Harris interviewed a celebrity on the red carpet at the Academy Awards for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
This documentary follows Navarro College's competitive cheerleader team in Corsicana, Texas.
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