'Cheer’ star Jerry Harris pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges

Jerry Harris was the breakout star of the Emmy-winning docuseries that follows a cheerleading team. Photo: AP

Cheer star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.

Harris, 21, of Naperville, Illinois, was indicted earlier this month in a seven-count indictment that included the child sex, porn and other allegations. A complaint filed in September initially charged him with child pornograph y.