

The lawsuit alleges that the 21-year-old ‘exploited his popularity and position of fame with young male cheer athletes’ in the time ‘leading up to, during, and following the distribution of the Cheer docuseries’. In September 2020, Harris was accused of child sexual exploitation and abuse, according to a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing two alleged victims. In the show, Jeremiah 'Jerry' Harris played a key role as part of the Navarro team.

The whole squad of 38 cheerers matter to the show's narrative, especially the 20 individuals 'who make mat' (those who end up competing), but there are some key members of the team whose lives are the main focus of the series. Who are the main 'Cheer' cheerleaders and where are they now? To put that into context for a moment, the occasion marked the 14th first-place score the team received since head coach Monica Aldama joined them 24 years ago. The cheerleaders were seen sitting front row for the Brandon Maxwell show at the Museum of Natural History, and arrived at the presentation in their red and black Navarro College cheerleading uniforms before changing into their more glitzy attire.īut Cheer is actually about so much more than handsprings and pyramids – the show explores the team overcoming tough upbringings, the formation of the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA), the power of working together as a team and specifically the stories of five individual Cheer Team members.Īt the end of the first series, Navarro's cheerleaders placed first in their division at the NCA's National Championship in 2019. Here's everything you need to know about Netflix's Cheer: Gabi Butler and Lexi Brumback take on NYFWĪlongside the likes of Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Kaia Gerber at New York Fashion Week in February, you might have been surprised to see Cheer stars Gabi Butler and Lexi Brumback. Since the TV series premiered on the video streaming platform on January 8, it has 'broken the internet' and dominated our social media feeds with reviews, quizzes, essays and brilliant memes about the dramas involving the near 40-member Navarro College Bulldogs Cheer Team from Corsicana, Texas.Īs a result, we have a lot of questions about the first seres (for starters, what the heck does FIOFMU mean?) and whether a second is on the cards amid speculation that we haven't seen the end of the Navarro squad on our screens. Not since Kirsten Dunst's leading role in the hit box office film Bring It On (2000) have we all been so obsessed with a cheerleading contest and a back handspring. When Cheer dropped on Netflix at the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted the pyramid-level pandemonium that was about to occur. *Warning: This article contains spoilers*
