Overview
- Federal prosecutors filed the plea agreement Friday, and a judge is scheduled to consider the change of plea Monday.
- Each count carries a potential prison term of five to twenty years and a maximum fine of up to $250,000, and the agreement requires sex‑offender registration.
- Investigators say the Kik account using the alias “joebidennnn69” shared at least 10 child sexual abuse videos, with court filings alleging a broader exchange of 220 files over about five days in spring 2024.
- At a hearing this week, May represented himself while seeking to suppress evidence and move the trial, as prosecutors outlined device activity they say ties him to the uploads.
- May resigned from the South Carolina House on August 11 after an earlier suspension and has remained jailed since a judge denied bond in June.