Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix show “Cheer,” changed his plea to guilty Thursday on charges of child pornography and traveling for illicit sex with minors.
The U.S. Attorney’s office confirmed that Harris pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The child pornography count carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20, while the traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
“We are grateful that the U.S. Attorney and the FBI investigated this case, located additional victims and took action. Now, Jerry Harris’ guilt has been firmly established. This was made possible because our clients’ mother, Kristen initially had the courage to report Harris to the FBI and provided evidentiary proof of the manipulation, sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation that her sons had suffered,” the victims’ attorney, Sarah Klein, added in the release.
Federal agents were tipped off by the mother of the victims, who found pornographic images and text messages with Harris on one of their phones. The boy told the mom that Harris had asked for the photos. The boy said he had sent more than a dozen photos of his genitals to Harris, and Harris had sent similar images of himself to the boy, the complaint alleges.
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