Harrison Norris, Jr.

Former pro-wrestler "Hardbody" Harrison Norris, Jr. was convicted on charges of keeping eight women as slaves in his two Georgia residences. He was also found guilty of charges including aggravated sexual abuse, forced labor, sex trafficking, conspiracy and witness tampering.

Despite his claim that he was running a pro-wrestling camp to train potential women wrestlers, Harrison was sentenced to life in prison for running a scheme to force women into prostitution on April 1, 2008.

• Google News: Harrison Norris, Jr.
• AJC.com: Former wrestler to serve life for sex trafficking (April 1, 2008)
  • Underpinning [Norris'] sex slave ring was a mishmash of rules the women had to memorize. A closer look at his own laws — "Hardbody's 10 Commandments" — reveals how Norris broke those of the United States.
• FoxNews.com: Pro Wrestler 'Hardbody Harrison' Gets Life in Prison for Sex-Trafficking Ring (April 1, 2008)
• FoxNews.com: 2 Sentenced in Pro Wrestler 'Hardbody Harrison's Sex Ring (March 13, 2008)
  • Cedric Jackson has been sentenced to five years in prison and Aimee Allen to two years and ten months on charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking. Jackson likewise admitted to working in Atlanta as a pimp.
• FoxNews.com: 'Hardbody Harrison' Convicted of Holding 8 Women as Sex Slaves (November 22, 2007)
  • Norris Jr. forced the women to work as prostitutes, threatening them with violence should they disobey. He also made them do housework and gardening.
• WSB Atlanta: Wrestler Hardbody Harrison Guilty In Sex Slave Trial (November 21, 2007)
• International Herald Tribune: Former pro wrestler convicted in forced prostitution case (November 21, 2007)
• 11Alive.com: Ex-Wrestler In Sex Trafficking Trial (November 8, 2007)
  • Norris Jr. and an associate would recruit by luring troubled women to his home, sometimes promising to teach them wrestling.
• DOJ, Northern District of Georgia: Three Indicted in Forced Prostitution Scheme (2005)