CHICAGO — Former “Cheer” star Jerry Harris is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in a federal case alleging he coerced teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions, court records show.
Harris, 22, of Naperville, has been held without bond since his arrest in September 2020 on child pornography charges. After the FBI raided Harris’ Naperville home, he admitted to agents during an interview that he had solicited lewd images and sex from a boy on numerous occasions, according to a criminal complaint originally filed in the case.
Harris was later charged in a seven-count indictment that added four new alleged victims in the case and brought a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted.
