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• Former pro-wrestler Harrison Norris, Jr. was convicted on 24 counts of sex trafficking, peonage, forced labor and witness tampering by a federal jury. Harrison represented himself throughout his trial, claiming he was running a wrestling camp to train potential female wrestlers.

  On April 1, 2008, Harrison was sentenced to life in prison for running a scheme that forced women into prostitution. Two other defendants, Cedric Jackson and Aimee Allen, were also sentenced for lying to investigators in the case.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Prosecutor: Susan Coppedge
  2. Served as his own lawyer
  3. Claimed he was running a training camp for women who wanted to be professional wrestlers
  4. Each of the 8 women held was overseen by an "enforcer"
  5. Testimony stated that he threatened to throw a woman out of a hotel window for refusing to have sex with two men
  6. Required the women to do chores such as painting, hauling trees and laying sod
  7. Allen's sentence: 2 years, 10 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and $1,500 fine
  8. Jackson's sentence: 5 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, $1,500 fine

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