Jerry Harris, a former star of the popular Netflix docuseriesĀ Cheer, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crime charges earlier this year.
The 22-year-old actor pleaded guilty in February to receiving child pornography and engaging in interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 15.
Harris faced several other sexual misconduct charges. As part of his plea agreement, he admitted to the rest of the charges as stipulated offenses.
He had faced five to 50 years in prison.
U.S. District Court JudgeĀ Manish S. ShahĀ also sentenced Harris to eight years of supervised release following his time in federal prison.
Allegations against Harris, who was a breakout star of the first season ofĀ Cheer, first came to light in September 2020, when he was arrested and charged with one count of producing child pornography.
A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago alleged that Harris enticed an underage boy to produce and send sexually explicit videos and photographs of himself.
The complaint also stated that the boy, who said that he was first contacted by Harris in December 2018, informed Harris during a conversation on social media that he was 13 years old at the time. Harris was accused in the complaint of also making similar requests of the boy’s twin brother.
As part of the sentencing Wednesday, Judge Shah ordered Harris to pay a combined $45,000 under two laws that provide restitution for victims of child pornography and sexual abuse, court records show.
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