Cheer star Jerry Harris faces new charges in indictment
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Dec. 12 (UPI) A federal grand jury in Illinois has indicted Jeremiah Jerry Harris, star of the reality show
Cheer, on new child pornography charges.
The new counts were filed Thursday and made public Friday.
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Harris, 21, faces four counts of using, persuading, inducing and enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visible depiction. He was also charged with one count each of interstate travel with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, receiving and attempting to receive child pornography.
The 21-year-old has also been accused of using the internet to knowingly persuade, induce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, as well as knowingly receiving and attempting to receive child pornography, the indictment revealed.
Additionally, the former Cheer star faces a charge of traveling in interstate commerce, from Texas to Florida, for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct.
According to a previous criminal complaint, the 21-year-old Naperville resident was accused of enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself. The boy the complaint refers to was 13 at the time, according attorneys.
The 21-year-old has also been accused of using the internet to knowingly persuade, induce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, as well as knowingly receiving and attempting to receive child pornography, the indictment revealed.
Additionally, the former Cheer star faces a charge of traveling in interstate commerce, from Texas to Florida, for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct.
According to a previous criminal complaint, the 21-year-old Naperville resident was accused of enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself. The boy the complaint refers to was 13 at the time, according attorneys.
The new seven-count indictment that was made public on Friday was not unexpected.
In the original complaint filed in September, not only did prosecutors allege that Harris admitted to FBI agents to asking a teenage boy to send him lewd photographs of himself, but that he requested on Snapchat underage images from at least 10 to 15 others he knew to be minors.
Harris, 21, of Naperville, Illinois, has been held in a federal detention facility without bond since he was arrested on child abuse images charges in September, and a judge has subsequently suggested that Harris would pose a public danger if released from custody.
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