Cheer’s Jerry Harris, 21, has been arrested for soliciting underage teens for sexual photos. The cheerleader who was accused of the crimes for child pornography in the past week, which he denied at first but has since complied with the FBI and confessed to the crimes.
Jerry Harris’s house was raided by the FBI, and Harris is now under the custody of the Bureau of Investigation.
The claims of Harris’s inappropriate behavior was reported after it was found that Harris made contact with a 15-year-old aspiring cheerleader on Instagram.
At that time the teen was still 13-years-old.
Harris directly messaged the teen asking how old he was, and in response, the teen answered he was ‘13’. Harris then proceeded to say ‘ok’ and asked for inappropriate photos of the 13-year-old.
Their communication led them to talk in social media platform Snapchat, wherein Harris then contacted the teen’s twin brother as well.
Explicit snaps were sent to Harris after he asked for them from the twins. Harris who was 19 at that time also sent videos of him masturbating to the minors.
He also sent the twin 1 a message signaling for them to do other stuff with each other, twin 1 was quick to say no and Harris immediately took back what he sent.
It was also revealed that Harris was involved in sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old during a cheer competition.
The sexual solicitations were exposed after the mother of the twins found out about it. Immediately an investigation pursued.
Organizations, US All Star Federation, which governs competitive cheerleading, Varsity Spirit, which organizes cheer competition and Cheer Athletics, a chain of gyms were also sued by the twin’s party.
According to the lawsuit filed, all of the aforementioned organizations failed to protect the teens as they trained to be professional cheerleaders.
Jerry Harris became famous after Netflix’s reality show ‘Cheer’ blew up. Instantly, the charismatic Harris gathered numerous fans due to his pep talks on the mat during competition.
‘Cheer’ follows the cheerleading team from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, as it sought a national title.
Jerry Harris found success instantly in the show and was given the opportunity to interview stars during a red carpet for ‘The Ellen DeGeneres’ Show.
Netflix also released a statement regarding Harris’s scandals, saying that, “Like everyone we are shocked by this news. Any abuse of minors is a terrible crime and we respect the legal process.”