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Reality star's 15-year-old son indicted on seven counts including child molestation in Georgia
KJ Biermann faces multiple felony charges as an adult in Fulton County following an alleged April incident.
The short version
- A Fulton County grand jury indicted 15-year-old KJ Biermann on seven charges, including child molestation and aggravated sodomy.
- Biermann is charged as an adult under Georgia's SB440 statute and is currently detained without bond.
- His mother, reality TV personality Kim Zolciak, denied the claims and cited negative DNA testing and a passed polygraph.
- A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September.
Key facts
- A Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicted 15-year-old KJ Biermann on seven counts, including child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery of a child under 16, and false imprisonment.[Fox News]
- The indictment follows an initial August 17 arrest in Alpharetta, Georgia, tied to an incident alleged to have occurred in April.[Fox News]
- Under Georgia's SB440 law, Biermann is being charged as an adult, placing youth ages 13 to 17 under superior court jurisdiction for specific violent felony charges.[Fox News]
- Biermann is held without bond at the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center awaiting a September preliminary hearing.[Fox News]
- His mother, Kim Zolciak, publicly denied the accusations, asserting that her son passed a polygraph exam and that no matching DNA was found.[Fox News]