Ex-WCW Wrestler Hardbody Harrison Sentenced To Imprisonment For Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Ex-professional wrestler Harrison Norris Jr., known as Hardbody Harrison in the World Championship Wrestling days, was sentenced on Tuesday to life imprisonment for forcing women into prostitution and involuntary servitude.

A federal court in Atlanta, Georgia also sentenced Norris, 42, of Cartersville, to lifetime supervised release and to pay $2,400 in special assessment as a result of his conviction in November for running a forced prostitution ring, sexual assaults and abuse, human sex trafficking and forced labor.

From April to August 2005, Norris and a co-conspirator, Aimee Allen, lured his victims to his homes in Cartersville with promises of careers in professional wrestling. Once there, Norris turned the recruited women, many of whom were poor, homeless or addicted to drugs, to work for him as prostitutes and servants.

The victims were forced to have sex with Norris and other men at nightclubs, in apartments, at hotels, in the back of Norris' truck, and in other locations in North Carolina and northern Georgia. Norris kept the earnings of his forced prostitution ring to himself.

Norris kept the victims indebted to him to force them to serve him. He also prevented the victims from escaping and isolated them from the families.

The victims testified against Norris during the trial. Allen, cooperated in the investigation and also testified against Norris to earn a leaner sentence of two years and 10 months imprisonment.