Federal prosecutors in Chicago have called for a 15-year prison sentence for Jerry Harris, the former star of the Netflix docuseries “Cheer” who pleaded guilty earlier this year to child pornography and sex-crime charges involving multiple victims.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Guzman wrote in a sentencing memo late Wednesday that Harris “used what he had at his disposal” to commit his crimes: “his status as a competitive cheerleader, his social media persona, and eventually his celebrity and money, to persuade and entice his young victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct for him or with him.”
