Overview
- A Fulton County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment earlier this month charging 15-year-old Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr. with aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, three counts of sexual battery against a child under 16, and false imprisonment.
- A judge set a $200,000 bond on Sept. 11 that requires house arrest at his mother’s home, electronic monitoring, surrender of his passport and personal items, a ban on phone and social media use, virtual schooling, and no contact with the alleged victim or anyone under 16.
- Prosecutors filed an emergency motion asking the court to order court‑supervised forensic interviews of unidentified minor children to help develop evidence and to review explicit video material under seal.
- Prosecutors say investigators found sexually explicit videos on Biermann’s phone allegedly showing sex with an underage family member, while the defense denies the allegations, plans to plead not guilty, has sought transfer to juvenile court, and says the teen passed a voluntary polygraph and had no DNA found in a related exam.
- The transfer decision is consequential because Georgia law allows certain juvenile cases to move to superior court and the defense has highlighted filings that cite aggravated counts with long mandatory minimums, making jurisdiction a determinative issue for potential penalties and rehabilitation options.