In 2000, he was a party to a multi-plaintiff lawsuit filed by Sonny Onoo, Bobby Walker and several other former WCW talents against former parent company AOL Time Warner alleging racial discrimination; the suit was settled out of court for which Harrison received a sizeable payout.
[11][12] On November 22, 2007, he was found guilty and convicted by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia on charges related to keeping eight women as sex slaves.
[3][13][14] During proceedings, for which he served as his own attorney, Harrison contended the women lived in his homes with his wife and child because they wanted to train as professional wrestlers, and that he had helped them quit drugs.
[2] The victims contended that Harrison's rigid training regimen, consisting of a wide variety of exercises and household chores, and having to memorize a series of "commandments" was designed to make them attractive prostitutes, and that he pimped them out to nightclubs, trailer parks, apartments, hotels, in the back of Norris’ truck, and in other locations in North Carolina and northern Georgia until a few of the women went to the police.
[2] Failure to complete chores or breaking rules required the women to pay money to Harrison, creating a never-ending debt cycle.