Former UFC lightweight title challenger Hermes Franca was sentenced to three and a half years in jail yesterday for sexual abuse of an underage student. The original charges were seven counts of sexual abuse and two counts of unlawful sexual penetration but a guilty plea got those charges reduced to one count of each.
Hermes Franca Barros, 37, pleaded guilty in Clackamas County Court on Wednesday to one count of unlawful penetration and one count of first-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced to 3½ years in prison.
He was arraigned in May on seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of second-degree unlawful sexual penetration. The remaining counts were dismissed.
Barros will also have four and a half years of post-prison supervision and must register as a sex offender.
Barros, a resident of Jupiter, Fla., turned himself in to Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputies in May after a warrant was issued for his arrest, stemming from a December 2010 encounter with one of his students.
I'll refrain from any comment here as I don't have any more details, but it's been a very quick decline for Franca since getting his title challenge.
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That's his maximum sentence
Even as it’s “Criminal Sexual Misconduct” it’s unlikely he’ll serve the full term, most likely being out at 60% of his sentence. Unless that’s his minimum, but they usually talk about the max because it’s more dramatic.
wolfman13 - January 7, 2012
In Florida is a minimum 85% regardless of the crime
HitokiriX - January 7, 2012
and that includes abatement
once you’ve earned enough abatement time that would be equal to you getting out after 85% of your sentence, you aren’t allowed to earn anymore days. So he’ll end up doing no less than 3yrs
HitokiriX - January 7, 2012
Its Oregon
TheFilt - January 7, 2012
slap me
HitokiriX - January 7, 2012
My wife is a parole officer for sex offenders.
She said he’ll have Lifetime Probation, too. After he gets out and he’s on parole, he won’t be allowed to have contact with any minors including members of his own family and he won’t be able to go any business whose primary customers are children like arcades, fairs, pizza places, amusement parks. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender and notices will be sent out to whatever neighborhood he paroles to describing the crime he was convicted of. He won’t be able to parole to an address in the vicinity of a school either.
ScoreCardOTN - January 7, 2012 via mobile
yep
I’m a CJ major and my last instructor was a Parole/probation officer for the state of Michigan. He only monitors sex offenders/felony probationers.
It’s what Franca deserves.
wolfman13 - January 7, 2012
Just a question
and I know it’s a stupid one. But if he has kids (don’t know if he does) or if he one day has kids, how is that impacted? Does he have to stay away from their schools/parks etc?
Bar Belle - January 7, 2012
yeah in michigan it's different as well
they have “Truth in Sentencing” laws that stop criminals from leaving too early, it just depends on the sentencing guidelines on what the minimum is. Every state is different
wolfman13 - January 7, 2012
Smh. Awful. Hope that poor girl he abused is ok
ProfessorBLove - January 7, 2012 via mobile
Huh
Who said it was a girl?
Mr Pickles - January 7, 2012
the article on the other side of the link.
Phildo - January 7, 2012
ah, I started at 2nd paragraph
go figure
Mr Pickles - January 7, 2012
Unfortunately, I cannot find a gif of him getting thrashed.
MicahtheCynic - January 7, 2012
Male or Female?
Its messed up either way but have they at least said which?
Jae Trey - January 7, 2012
:)
pud333 - January 7, 2012
You’re my hero.
MicahtheCynic - January 7, 2012
Aw shucks. It was nothin’.
pud333 - January 7, 2012
I hope THAT Tyson Griffin comes back
Holls Hoyce - January 7, 2012
Yeah Griffin has had a rough go these past couple of years.
pud333 - January 7, 2012
Now he can be in a polanski film with Pierce Brosnan & half of holywood, or he can be in music videos
liptondrift - January 7, 2012
The Joe Son career path.
3PA - January 7, 2012
Didn’t mean to comment under that one…
Jae Trey - January 7, 2012
haha
liptondrift - January 7, 2012
read up on polanski, hollywood loves the guy
liptondrift - January 7, 2012
Polanski
Wasn’t he young himself when this happened and didn’t he later marry the woman?
OzzDee - January 7, 2012
No he did not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski#Sexual_assault_case
blodpalt - January 7, 2012
OK
The victim, Samantha Geimer, during a television interview on 10 March 2011, blames the media, reporters, the court, and the judge for causing “way more damage to [her] and her family than anything Roman Polanski has ever done.”
But this sounds to me like she wanted it also and maybe he didn’t know her age.
OzzDee - January 7, 2012
He was 43 and she was 13
and you are an ass for saying “she wanted it”.
MadNachos - January 7, 2012
Doesn't matter.
CHILD RAPE IS STILL RAPE SINCE SHE IS A CHILD.
Uppercase is warranted here.
flashlight cop - January 7, 2012
reply fail.
wuz replying to OzzDee
flashlight cop - January 7, 2012
….really?
Danneroo - January 7, 2012
Some in Hollywood do
some don’t. Generalizations are a bitch.
Dootch - January 7, 2012
Just gonna leave this here
Nathen - January 7, 2012
Hermes is just a bad dude
I know of people who have done serious favors for him and he stabbed them in the back by ripping them off of thousands of dollars.
attgnp - January 7, 2012
was he a banker too
liptondrift - January 7, 2012
You telling me
a man who forces himself on to his 13 year old student is a bad guy?
TheFilt - January 7, 2012
Ha, yeah I guess I stated the obvious.
attgnp - January 7, 2012
Awful for all involved
mburtoni - January 7, 2012 via mobile
terrible
When the story came out it said he was having a relationship with his 16year old female bjj student
Salsa86 - January 7, 2012 via mobile
I wonder if he and Falcão will be cellies?
Matt Nelson - January 7, 2012
Ronald the pedophile
Mizu - January 7, 2012
I'm not a fan of Disney either
liptondrift - January 7, 2012
Fuck this guy.
TheLastEmpress - January 7, 2012
heres an idea
put him in a cell with joe son. Hermes deserves whatever he gets for sure. He is a piece of garbage. Complete waste of talent.
gotyacoldjunk - January 7, 2012
Something tells me
He’s going to be making extensive use of his fighting skills in prison. Sex offenders don’t generally have a good time inside.
Patrick Wyman - January 7, 2012
Sadly
Prisoners are stupid, but not that stupid.
After he breaks someone’s leg, they’ll leave him alone.
TheFilt - January 7, 2012
‘Fair’ fights are pretty rare in prison.
It is far more likely he’ll get cornered in the shower by a group of guys or take a shiv in the kidney while he is chillin’ in the yard.
Steve4192 - January 7, 2012
Not in reality
My brother was in the prison he likely go to for 12 years and I can tell you its not like that.
Maybe in San Quentin. Not around here.
Throw in the fact the he really could cripple damn near person there for life, odds are he’ll get fucked with once or twice before people stay away from him.
TheFilt - January 7, 2012
What the fuck
I know we all want OZ to be real life, but it’s just a TV show homie.
Chris Barton - January 7, 2012
i'm surprised he only got 3 years for what amounts to rape,
what the hell does second degree unlawful penetration mean anyway?
i hope he gets f-cked in prison, big time
theblade - January 7, 2012
Here it Minnesota
that would be penetration of a child under 14 without force or violence.
flashlight cop - January 7, 2012
i hope he is raped daily in prison
dbcb - January 7, 2012
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