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[Stoney Mason]

ATLANTA - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a former pro wrestler known as “Hardbody Harrison” of charges that he kept eight women as sex slaves in his two north Georgia homes.

Harrison Norris Jr. was convicted of charges including aggravated sexual abuse, forced labor, sex trafficking, conspiracy and witness tampering. He was acquitted of all charges involving a ninth woman, but still could get life in prison at sentencing, set for Feb. 28.

Norris, 41, wrestled for the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling organization in the 1990s.

Serving as his own lawyer, he contended that the women willingly lived at his Cartersville homes because they wanted to train as pro wrestlers. He says many of them arrived on drugs and left in the best shape of their lives.

During a two-week trial, prosecutors portrayed Norris as a predator who used his wrestling business to lure poor and vulnerable women into prostitution and forced labor.

“I think the jury’s verdict vindicates the rights of the victims who were brave enough to come forward and confront this man who abused them,” prosecutor Susan Coppedge said.

Witnesses testified that Norris, a former Army sergeant and veteran of the Persian Gulf War, imposed a strict military structure, with each of the women assigned to a squad overseen by an “enforcer.”

One witness testified that Norris beat or threatened them to keep control and that he threatened to throw one through a hotel window when she would not engage in sex with two customers.

In addition to forcing the victims to work as prostitutes, Norris made them work in and around his houses, requiring them to haul trees, lay sod and paint, according to testimony.

Sounds like some pimp shit...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21922322/

 

[The Internet]

*whew*

I was thinking it was Norman Smiley.

 

[alr1ght]

lulz

 

[Poody]

He would make a believable Godfather 2 if he ever came back.

 

[Penguin]

I have no idea who he is...

 

[Phobophile]

I thought he had them chained up in his sex dungeon, or some shit. That would be sexy.

 

[HomShaBom]

Who?

 

[Guzim]

I have no idea who he is...

Yeah. Never heard of him.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

who needs hentai when we have heroes like this guy

 

[RBH]

*whew*

I was thinking it was Norman Smiley.

Big Wiggle!

 

[Keyser Soze]

Calling him a wrestler is like calling me an athlete because I won a race at school.

 

[Jacobi]

"No thanks I'll be my own lawyer bitch"

 

[Meier]

WCW @ Panama City, FL - Club La Vela - March 10, 1997
WCW Monday Nitro:

Kevin Sullivan fought Hardbody Harrison to a no contest when Sullivan attacked Harrison into the beach, then dragged him back to the club and threw Harrison in one of the pools.

I haven't even found a picture of him in his garb yet.

 

[LakeEarth]

I THINK I remember him. Maybe.

 

[alr1ght]

I vaguely remember him. I think he was mainly on WCW Saturday Night.

 

[aoi tsuki]

i'm a horrible person, i know, but we really need pics of the sex slaves.

 

[Shinobix]

Awesome

 

[vas_a_morir]

i'm a horrible person, i know, but we really need pics of the sex slaves.

Yeah... not likely to happen though. If it's any consolation, I can tell you that they were probably really big and really butch.

 

[kozmo7]

I thought he had them chained up in his sex dungeon, or some shit. That would be sexy.

It rubs the lotion on its skin?

 

[Bezz]

We need more men like him. Straight to business

 

[ToxicAdam]

I believe he was around before the WCW hit big with the NWO. He may have even been a tag team champ at some point. Never really paid attention to wrestling during those years.

 

[jobber]

Fact: During a match on WCW Pro, (murder-suicide guy) chopped him so hard that Hardbody began to cry.

Also this is NOT Hard Work Bobby Walker

 

[Snowden]

Not enough people have sex slaves these days.

 

[UltraMarioMan]

It rubs the lotion on its skin?

I hate incomplete quotes!

 

[dskillzhtown]

I have no idea who he is...

He was featured mainly before WCW exploded. So he had his fair share of WCW Saturday Night matches (I used to love that show, BTW).

 

[Joe Molotov]

He says many of them arrived on drugs and left in the best shape of their lives.

Crap, he's been stealing my dating secrets!

 

[Escape Goat]

i said wow

 

[PhoenixDark]

Real sex slaves, or fake ones?

 

[McLesterolBeast]

the judge should have declared at the start of the trial,

'pics or it didnt happen'

 

[Suite Pee]

In what era did he wrestle?

 

[PAYBACKill]

the judge should have declared at the start of the trial,

'pics or it didnt happen'

win

 

[Antakken]

Hardbody pimpin'

 

[Keyser Soze]

In what era did he wrestle?

1994-1996

The "meh" era

 

[Burai]

I took one look at the thread title and instantly thought "Lex Luger".

Lex Luger should be utterly ashamed of himself for making me think that anything bad related to wrestling is his fault. Shame on him.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

I took one look at the thread title and instantly thought "Lex Luger".

Lex Luger should be utterly ashamed of himself for making me think that anything bad related to wrestling is his fault. Shame on him.

dude luger is like paralyzed now or something, some sorta spinal stroke.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Now you've made me thing of Lex, every time I think of Lex I think of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHTj7qfnTak

 

[Hydro_Alexis]

hahahaha in other news i met a model yesterday that got me drunk she was cute ... only problem was she was a crackhead fucking drug addicts

 

[Burai]

dude luger is like paralyzed now or something, some sorta spinal stroke.

SHAME ON HIM.

 

[Busty]

hahahaha in other news i met a model yesterday that got me drunk she was cute ... only problem was she was a crackhead fucking drug addicts

That sentence sounds like lyrics from a Cypress Hill song.

 

[Hydro_Alexis]

That sentence sounds like lyrics from a Cypress Hill song.

My life story should be made into a hip hop opera

 

[Barrage]

Am I the only one who thought AHmed Johnson before clicking?

 

[GaimeGuy]

Am I the only one who thought AHmed Johnson before clicking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aV3suyaMQU