KJ Biermann, the 15-year-old son of Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann, is out of custody after nearly a month in Atlanta’s Metro Youth Detention Center. A judge granted him a $200,000 bond, and he’s now confined to his mother’s Alpharetta home under some of the strictest conditions we’ve seen in a celebrity case: electronic monitoring, virtual school only, no cellphone, no social media and no sports. He also surrendered his passport and is barred from contact with anyone under 16.
The charges are serious. KJ faces felony counts including aggravated child molestation and aggravated sodomy stemming from an alleged incident at a Life Time Fitness earlier this year. Prosecutors claim videos involving an underage family member were found on his phone. His attorney, Jason Sheffield, says the characterizations made in court about a prior juvenile matter grossly misrepresent the facts and the resolution, and he maintains his client’s innocence.
His next court appearance is a plea and arraignment hearing on October 14, and the ongoing divorce between Kim and Kroy keeps this story in the headlines. For now, life for KJ looks nothing like the reality TV childhood that made his family famous. What do you think about the bond conditions: too strict, or exactly right?
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