The son of Monica Aldama, the
retired Navarro College cheerleading coach who gained fame on the Netflix documentary series "Cheer," has been arrested and charged on multiple counts of child pornography possession.
William Austin Aldama was arrested by the Navarro County Sheriff's Office and charged on 10 counts of possession with intent to promote child pornography. One of the charges is a third-degree felony while the rest are second-degree felonies.
Records show William Aldama is not in the Navarro County Jail at this time.
Monica Aldama's famed tenure as Navarro's head coach was blemished with multiple legal troubles.
The height of the Cheer stardom came crashing down just as much as the ascent after Jerry Harris, a former Navarro cheerleader, was
convicted of soliciting sex from minors and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Aldama
told Extra's Katie Krause in an exclusive interview that her heart broke for the victims and added that the cheerleading industry was working toward creating change to better protect the children.
Earlier this year, an unnamed former cheerleader from Navarro College sued Aldama and the college alleging sexual
harassment and a cover-up. In the lawsuit, the cheerleader alleged she was sexually assaulted by another member of the cheer team and reported it to Aldama, the college's Title IX office and campus police. After allegedly reporting the incident, the victim's mother allegedly reached back out to both campus police and the college's Title IX office for an update, the lawsuit says, but was told there were not any reports on record.
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