FAYETTEVILLE -- A former Razorbacks basketball player pleaded not guilty Friday in Washington County Circuit Court to charges of human trafficking and fourth-degree sexual assault involving a 14-year-old girl.
Jason Germund Henry, 26, of 263 Garrison Ave. in West Memphis was arrested in March after Fayetteville police received a call from Washington Regional Medical Center's emergency room that a 14-year-old female patient had been raped multiple times, according to police call logs and Henry's arrest report.
The girl told police a man named "Allstar" acted as her pimp. The man texted the girl about how much to charge for sex acts and he was in charge of her, according to the report. Police believe "Allstar" is Henry, who played one season with the University of Arkansas before being cut from the team in 2009 for academic problems.
Henry, who had to be brought from the Crittenden County Jail where he is locked up on unrelated charges, was given an Aug. 11 trial date.
The girl told police a neighbor named Jessyca "introduced her into prostitution" and began charging men to have sex with her, according to the reports. The girl was raped by at least five men over the weekend and had been plied with alcohol and drugs, she told police.
Jessyca Hoskins, 26, was arrested in connection with recording a video of the girl having sex with a man and sending it to another person, according to her arrest report.
Hoskins has been indicted on charges of producing child pornography by a federal grand jury and is being held at the Washington County Jail after waiving the issue of bond. Her arraignment date in federal court has not been set.
NW News on 06/20/2015