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Former UFC Title Challenger Hermes Franca Sentenced to Over Three Years in Jail

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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.

Via Oregon Live:

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.

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by wolfman13 on Jan 7, 2012 10:13 AM EST reply actions  

In Florida is a minimum 85% regardless of the crime

Soon as my flow starts, I compose art like the ghost of Mozart
Even though they all say that they're real, I know that most aren't
Boy you think you're clever don't you, girl you think you're so smart
Come with me to another side of the world... so cold and so dark

by HitokiriX on Jan 7, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions  

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

Soon as my flow starts, I compose art like the ghost of Mozart
Even though they all say that they're real, I know that most aren't
Boy you think you're clever don't you, girl you think you're so smart
Come with me to another side of the world... so cold and so dark

by HitokiriX on Jan 7, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions  

Its Oregon

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by TheFilt on Jan 7, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions  

slap me

Soon as my flow starts, I compose art like the ghost of Mozart
Even though they all say that they're real, I know that most aren't
Boy you think you're clever don't you, girl you think you're so smart
Come with me to another side of the world... so cold and so dark

by HitokiriX on Jan 7, 2012 11:59 AM EST up reply actions  

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.

Just Breed!

by ScoreCardOTN on Jan 7, 2012 12:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

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.

"I am the tomato can that crushed your champion, live with it."

by wolfman13 on Jan 7, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions  

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?

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by Bar Belle on Jan 7, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions  

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

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by wolfman13 on Jan 7, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Smh. Awful. Hope that poor girl he abused is ok

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by ProfessorBLove on Jan 7, 2012 10:14 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

Unfortunately, I cannot find a gif of him getting thrashed.

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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 7, 2012 10:14 AM EST reply actions  

Male or Female?

Its messed up either way but have they at least said which?

by Jae Trey on Jan 7, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions   1 recs

You’re my hero.

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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 7, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Aw shucks. It was nothin’.

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by pud333 on Jan 7, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions  

I hope THAT Tyson Griffin comes back

by Holls Hoyce on Jan 7, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah Griffin has had a rough go these past couple of years.

"You've got Floyd Mayweather making $25 million. He can't stop a double-leg..." Nick Diaz.

by pud333 on Jan 7, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions  

Now he can be in a polanski film with Pierce Brosnan & half of holywood, or he can be in music videos

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by liptondrift on Jan 7, 2012 10:15 AM EST reply actions  

The Joe Son career path.

"I don't care, hit him with your groin!"

by 3PA on Jan 7, 2012 10:15 AM EST reply actions  

Didn’t mean to comment under that one…

by Jae Trey on Jan 7, 2012 10:16 AM EST reply actions  

haha

will the scorpion king or the egg be the hydra
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

by liptondrift on Jan 7, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions  

read up on polanski, hollywood loves the guy

will the scorpion king or the egg be the hydra
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

by liptondrift on Jan 7, 2012 10:18 AM EST reply actions  

Polanski

Wasn’t he young himself when this happened and didn’t he later marry the woman?

by OzzDee on Jan 7, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions  

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.

by OzzDee on Jan 7, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions  

Doesn't matter.

CHILD RAPE IS STILL RAPE SINCE SHE IS A CHILD.

Uppercase is warranted here.

by flashlight cop on Jan 7, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Some in Hollywood do

some don’t. Generalizations are a bitch.

by Dootch on Jan 7, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions  

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.

I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!

by attgnp on Jan 7, 2012 10:31 AM EST reply actions  

was he a banker too

will the scorpion king or the egg be the hydra
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

by liptondrift on Jan 7, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions  

You telling me

a man who forces himself on to his 13 year old student is a bad guy?

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by TheFilt on Jan 7, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Ha, yeah I guess I stated the obvious.

I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!

by attgnp on Jan 7, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Awful for all involved

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by mburtoni on Jan 7, 2012 10:33 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

terrible

When the story came out it said he was having a relationship with his 16year old female bjj student

by Salsa86 on Jan 7, 2012 10:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

I'm not a fan of Disney either

will the scorpion king or the egg be the hydra
Luk 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

by liptondrift on Jan 7, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions  

Fuck this guy.

Fuck you, double fingers
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by TheLastEmpress on Jan 7, 2012 12:08 PM EST reply actions  

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.

by gotyacoldjunk on Jan 7, 2012 1:05 PM EST reply actions  

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.

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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 7, 2012 1:25 PM EST reply actions  

Sadly

Prisoners are stupid, but not that stupid.

After he breaks someone’s leg, they’ll leave him alone.

"I'm ready for fight. If I'm win, no win. I don't know. But, I'm ready for fight. This is my working[shrugs shoulders]" - Anderson Silva

"You'll get Lil Wayne in woman pants and like it!" - Krimson

by TheFilt on Jan 7, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions  

‘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.

by Steve4192 on Jan 7, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

"I'm ready for fight. If I'm win, no win. I don't know. But, I'm ready for fight. This is my working[shrugs shoulders]" - Anderson Silva

"You'll get Lil Wayne in woman pants and like it!" - Krimson

by TheFilt on Jan 7, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions  

What the fuck

I know we all want OZ to be real life, but it’s just a TV show homie.

1. Anderson Silva is waiting for you to punch him.
2. That guy is Anderson Silva.
3. Don't fucking punch that guy.

by Chris Barton on Jan 7, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions  

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

by theblade on Jan 7, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions  

Here it Minnesota

that would be penetration of a child under 14 without force or violence.

by flashlight cop on Jan 7, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions  

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