Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann were spotted out this week looking visibly weighed down, just days before their 15-year-old son KJ is due in court. KJ has been held at a Georgia youth detention center since his arrest on Aug. 17. He faces seven felony counts, including aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual battery, stemming from an alleged April incident at an Alpharetta Life Time fitness center involving a female classmate. Friday brings his bond hearing, with arraignment set for Oct. 14.
His defense attorney, Jason Sheffield, has said KJ is innocent and categorically denies the allegations. Sheffield also plans to seek a transfer of the case to juvenile court and expects a not-guilty plea at arraignment. Observers described Kroy as looking devastated and somber, a painful snapshot of what parents go through when the legal system turns its attention to their child.
The case raises hard questions: how long a minor should be held before a bond hearing, whether transferring juveniles to adult court is ever the right call, and how due process works when the whole world is watching. Those are conversations worth having, no matter how this case ends.
What do you think: should a 15-year-old be held this long before a bond hearing? Let us know in the comments.
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