No, “Pawn Stars’ personality Rick Harrison was not sentenced to life in prison

Claim:

A judge sentenced the television personality of “Pawn Stars” Rick Harrison to life in prison.

Evaluation:

According to the rumor that Internet users were shared in early 2025, reality television star Rick Harrison – above all known for the leading role in the Story Series “Peasant star” – received a prison sentence.

Snopes readers wrote down and searched for information about the claim. Examples of what appeared In several YouTube Videos.

One like ClipUploaded on March 26th and below, more than 2.5 million views gathered at the time of this letter. It had the title: “Rick Harrison von Bauerstars, who were sentenced to life in prison.”

The claim also spread on social media platforms such as Tiktok and Facebook.

In short, the rumor about Harrison to get a lifelong prison sentence untrue And as a result, we rated the claim to be wrong.

As a website US prison guidelines listed On April 6th there was no credible evidence that Harrison had been detained. A Google search For the terms “Rick Harrison” and “life penalty”, there were also no reporting on such a sentence of reputable news agencies.

Some of the YouTube videos that share the story had disclaimers that recognized that they do not reflect reality. For example the description of April 2 video Reading a section contained in the story:

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For entertainment purposes, our videos combine material, rumors and fictional content. The audience should not consider any of this information to be final or precisely. We recommend responsibly.

Other examples like March 26th video There was no explicit disclaimer at the top that was the history of fiction. In this description of the video, however, it was found that the stories of the page “may not always reflect the latest developments or offer a complete perspective on the topics discussed” and have taken on an explanation of reading: “We invite the audience to think critically and to search for further credible sources to expand their understanding.”

The videos also contained several incorrect details.

For example, start at 8:57 mark In the video of March 26, the narrator claims that “FBI agents who were” accompanied by IRS investigators and representatives of the Department for Cultural Heritage Protection “, Harrison’s house, who received illegal charges for his arrest and” several criminal offenses, including accusations, including tax back education, money laundering, action movements and conspiracy, for cultural cultural recovery, To act stolen to acquire illegal cultural reunification “.

However, it was not possible to find a recording of this indictment Harrison no US government unit yet called The “Department of Cultural Heritage Protection” – although in similarly named departments in other countries such as China And Poland.

A Google search was also created No detectable evidence From each 2023 Raid on Harrison’s house.

The same video claims On 4:28 p.m. According to Harrison’s alleged conviction “dominated pictures of Rick in handcuffs” “News reporting and social media”.

However, there were no such pictures by Harrison in Handcuffs To Getty pictures Or the associated press’ AP newsroomTwo main sources of pictures for legitimate news agencies.

Pictures from the videos that said Harrison showed in an orange prison Overall According to the AI ​​image detectors, the software products for artificial intelligence seemed to be Wasitai And Decopy ai.

In February 2025, Harrison and his “Pfandspawne Stars” Costar Austin “Chumlee” Russell launched A Podcast“Bauer after dark”, which is not officially connected to the story. In the same month the Las Vegas Review journal reported This “Bauerstars” was no longer under contract with the story and was in “indefinite break” after more than 20 seasons. There was no indication that the break had something to do with a prison sentence for Harrison.

Ultimately, the videos that told the story about Harrison who received a lifelong sentence told no real events. Instead, they told a fictional story that was developed into Garner Shares and Likes.

The claim that Harrison was convicted of life in prison is not the first example that we have examined a fictional story about a real public personality that receives a lifelong prison sentence. For example, we dealt with the false claim This televangelist Kenneth Copeland collapsed in a courtroom after receiving one Sentence.

Sources:

“Another side of ‘Pawn Stars’,’ Bauer begins after dark.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 17. Februar 2025, https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-polumns/kats/a-different-sside-of-pawn-stars-pawn-after-after-dark-kicks-off-3305973/.

Attorney – Department for Cultural Heritage and International Communication – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/affiliation/4701020800?r=Affiliation&title=department+Of+Cultural+heritage+ Protection+A ND+International+Lang = EN & QP = Author%253aauthor%253d%2526LUAGE%253Al in%253d%2526date1%253d%2526date2 253d. Access to April 9, 2025.

“Corey Harrison: ‘I can’t play any further season’ as ‘Pawn Stars’ during the break.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 28, 2025, https://www.reviewjournal.com/ententment-forns/kats/i-cant-Play-another-pawn-pawn-stars—-on-history-3312695/.

“Culture categories and a cross -sectional approach between the congresses.” Ourworldheritage Foundation for Civil Society Heritage Partners, https://www.ourworldheritage.org/videos/v/heritage-categories–a-crosscutting-aLach-among-Convention. Access to April 9, 2025.

Liles, Jordan. “The televangelist Kenneth Copeland is the goal of false AI-generated videos.” Snopes, March 27, 2025, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/keneth-copeland-sited-to-prison/.

Rick Harrison sentenced from farmers stars to life in prison? Shocking lie. April 6, 2025, https://usprisonguide.com/rick-Harrison-from-pawn-Stars-Stungced-do-life-Imprisonment/.

“Stream Pawn Stars & Take a look at all the episodes.” The History Channel, https://www.history.com/shows/pawnstars. Access to April 9, 2025.