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Ex UFC Contender Hermes Franca Deported To Brazil Following Prison Term For Sex Abuse

Ex UFC Contender Hermes Franca Deported To Brazil Following Prison Term For Sex Abuse

 

 

Back in May 2011, former UFC lightweight fighter Hermes Franca turned himself over to the Clackamas County Jail in Portland, Oregon. He was facing charges of sexual abuse in the first degree with a minor  as well as two counts of unlawful sexual penetration in the second degree.

 

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Franca was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted this of sexually abusing an underage female student at his Clackamas martial arts school.

It now seems like Franca has been deported to his native Brazil on April 23, 2014.

Fox 12 Oregon has it:

A former UFC fighter who ran a jiu-jitsu academy in Clackamas and served prison time for attempted sex abuse of an underage girl has been deported to Brazil by immigration officials.

Hermes Franca De Barros, 39, made a plea deal in 2012 and pleaded guilty to charges of attempted unlawful sexual penetration and attempted sex abuse. According to court records, the abuse involved a student at the Hermes Franca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Clackamas.

De Barros was once a contender for the UFC Lightweight Title, but was released by the UFC following his arrest.

He then served more than two years in prison in Oregon. He completed his sentence last month and then was remanded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

According to Department of Homeland Security databases, De Barros was first lawfully admitted to the U.S. in 2005, and he later adjusted to lawful permanent resident status in 2007.

Though De Barros was a legal resident, an immigration judge found him deportable, and on March 19, ordered him removed from the U.S.

A federal official escorted him to Brazil on Tuesday on a commercial airline flight.

 

Franca (22-12) was one of MMA’s best lightweights a few years ago.