An attorney for Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., has broken his silence on accusations that the teen engaged in sexual activity with a family member under the age of 12.
“The characterizations made in court regarding the prior juvenile matter involving KJ Biermann grossly misrepresent both the facts and the ultimate resolution of that case,” KJ’s lawyer Jason Sheffield told TMZ on Friday, September 11. “The matter arose from inappropriate, crude behavior involving two middle-schoolers.”
During his bond hearing on Friday, September 11, Page Six reported that prosecutors allegedly found video evidence on KJ’s phone of the teenager having sex with an unidentified underage relative. Per the report, investigators had allegedly discovered footage of “multiple encounters” where KJ used “predatory [and] derogatory” language toward the victim. The incident had not previously been reported, with prosecutors telling the judge on Friday that they planned to press charges.
Us has learned that a judge granted KJ’s request for bond on Friday, setting it at $200,000. KJ will be required to wear an ankle monitor under the terms of his bond agreement.
Following Friday’s hearing, Sheffield told TMZ that these allegations about an unidentified underage relative “did not result in an adjudication for statutory rape, sexual intercourse, or any comparable offense.”
“Any suggestion otherwise is inaccurate and creates a materially misleading impression of how the juvenile matter was ultimately resolved,” the attorney said.
While he has yet to actually see the new evidence, Sheffield described the video footage discovered by investigators as “more ridiculous, raunchy behavior” rather than anything illegal, though he acknowledged the behavior was “boundary crossing inappropriate.” Per the attorney, KJ received counseling to resolve the matter.
Zolciak, 48, and her daughter Brielle Biermann were spotted outside the courthouse on Friday, though neither publicly addressed the situation. (In addition to KJ, Zolciak and Kroy, 41, share son Kash, 14, and twins Kaia and Kane, both 12. Kroy also adopted Zolciak’s daughters from a previous relationship: Brielle, 29, and Ariana, 24.)
KJ was arrested in Alpharetta, Georgia, in August for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated battery after an alleged incident with another underage victim at a gym earlier this year. He was immediately remanded to Atlanta’s Regional Youth Detention Center, a juvenile detention facility where he remained prior to his bond hearing.
Weeks after his arrest, KJ was indicted for aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment and three counts of sexual battery against a child under the age of 16. (He has not been arrested for the remaining charges in the indictment.)
KJ has maintained his innocence regarding the accusations ahead of his October arraignment.
“First and foremost, this is not the kind of information that should be for public dissemination. These are juveniles,” KJ’s attorney Sheffield told Us in a statement, denying the initial allegations. “Secondly, my client is 100 percent innocent and tried to present evidence to the arresting officer, including a passed polygraph by a notable and respected sex offender polygrapher.”
Sheffield continued, “Additionally, the officer’s report notes the [Georgia Bureau of Investigation] found no male DNA on or inside the areas the alleged victim claimed she was assaulted. Had the officer sat down with me, I feel certain she would’ve never made an arrest.”
Sheffield filed a motion on Tuesday, September 8, to transfer KJ’s case to juvenile court, attempting to prevent his client from being tried as an adult.
“It is difficult to comprehend that a 14- or 15-year-old child can be held in detention for a month or longer simply waiting for a bond hearing,” Sheffield told Page Six in a statement at the time. “But that detention is a direct consequence of the detective’s decision to arrest him on charges of this magnitude.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
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