Ex-wrestler fighting charges he kept sex slaves

Ex-wrestler fighting charges he kept sex slaves | ajc.com: "He's known as 'The Colorado Crusader,' 'The Georgia Blond' and, most notably, 'Hardbody Harrison.' But this week former pro wrestler Harrison 'Hardbody' Norris Jr. is fighting off a far more sinister tag: violent sex lord. It's one that could keep him out of the ring — and in prison — for at least 20 years. Norris, 41, is on trial in Atlanta on federal charges that he kept nine women as sex slaves in his two Cartersville homes. Harrison 'Hardbody' Norris RELATED: • More metro and state news Serving as his own attorney, Norris has started countering a week of testimony about bloody head butts, maniacal mindgames and forced orgies called 'cut parties,' in which women had to have sex with up to eight men at a single gathering. In reality, Norris contends, the women willingly entered his homes — living with his wife and one of his three children — because they wanted to train as pro wrestlers. Norris says many of the women arrived on drugs and left in the best shape of their lives. The women say that may be true, but the push-ups, squats and strict diets were designed to prepare them for something else: prostitution. They say Norris pimped them out at Latino nightclubs, trailer parks and pa"