The FBI is investigating reports made to police in Texas and Florida by two 14-year-old boys who claim Netflix "Cheer" star Jerry Harris solicited sexually explicit photos and sex.
RELATED: Netflix ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris under investigation for allegedly soliciting minors
Harris, who gained national prominence when he was featured in Netflix’s recent “Cheer” docuseries, has not been criminally charged. Harris, 21, did not respond to a request for comment.
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It can’t be easy carrying around a 127lb head everyday.
Good for the mom doing phone checks, and social media checks!
So many parents dont.
I’m not sure if its cause they want to be a friend instead of a parent.
Or…they feel their child deserves privacy.
Reality is teenagers aren’t equipped to handle certain situations, and can often do something out of pressure – like these guys are saying – they felt pressure to give in to the requests.
Its not about privacy. It’s about protecting your children!
Agreed.
Absolutely
So its ok for the 13 year olds to talk to a 19 year old and be friends? My mom would have killed me if I was friends with a 19 year old at 13.
Who?
Omg sick! HERO MOM. No one should EVER harm a child!
Stop the trolling! This is about kids being victimized! Any color or gender of person can be a SICKO. Those boys did the right thing. They are heros. Who knows how many other boys this pervert was or could have hurt.
The catholic boys were brave enough and heroes yet no one cared for them 🙄🙄🙄
No one’s trolling. Something isn’t right here like why not go to your local authorities instead of the USASF? Also waiting till the end of 2020 when he has become a star it smells like she wants a payday.
@Taylor Loch she filed in early may.
@Gems by Jackie of 2020 that report was for some other organization
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16. God punishes sin. Do not regard man. Follow God’s righteousness. Man leads you astray. Don’t worship celebrities they are sinful and don’t hid it. Sin is greed, selfishness, wrong teaching and philosophies, fornication and adultery, not helping orphans, widows, strangers like to our country and the poor.
hey um, don’t throw religion onto anything. not everyone believes in the man in the sky. like me. don’t push it.
megan guedel she’s not pushing it on anyone and if someone has a problem with it they don’t have to read it
Becca Kathaleen girl chile
Anyone else still shocked?
Just here because I saw a female ‘so called journalist’ giving Harris a pass on this in her article? From the network that brought you ‘Cuties’ Lol
1:11 this poor mother had to read that. I’d be so mortified.
We have an epidemic in our country , and I don’t mean covid 19
Go and try to play Hen’s revenge.
That is sad but I am not surprised. It’s not only black families suffering from fatherless family dynamics, obviously many white families are suffering from lack of healthy masculine fathers stability, discipline, guidance and love.
Moms, Dads, Parents—-This mom made the mistake of deleting a sexually explicit video from the alleged perpetrator.
Lesson here: if you ever find anything from a possible predator on your child’s phone, NEVER delete it. Instead, make a copy. Think of it as evidence. Note the time and date. Preying on children is more common than you can imagine. Look into buying a phone monitoring software created specifically to ensure this isn’t happing. Educate yourself on vids like Snapchat and how they work—like many vids auto delete after a period of time so your child may have been sent something that is unavailable.
Also, if you’re on the fence about something, trust your gut. Most people will help you too if you reach out.
Chances are, if this is accurate, there are more victims.
Please come forward. It is not your fault. You didn’t cause this. You were the victim. The best way is to Contact the FBI directly.
It’s sad went to high school with the guy had some talks to him I’m honestly not surprised at all. I think when I had a gf at the time he snap me some weird snaps but deleted his personal snap we went to Waubonsie valley that’s insane bro
Pray that more and more people like this continue to be exposed.
This must be cuties actor
Something does not seem right about this
I wonder why the mom wasn’t concerned with the pictures he son was post at 1:00. They’re all gay men. I want to see the case files.
She waited until after he was famous to report him. Charlie met him in 2018. The show Cheer aired Jan 2020 and she saw the dirty texts Feb 2020 how convenient…