Overview
- A Fulton County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment on Sept. 3 charging 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.
- Authorities say the charges stem from an alleged April 23 encounter at a Life Time Fitness in Alpharetta that prompted a months-long investigation and Biermann’s arrest on Aug. 17.
- Defense attorneys say a sexual-assault exam found no male DNA in the victim’s mouth or genitals and that Biermann voluntarily passed a polygraph, and they have filed for bond and to seal juvenile records.
- Georgia law allows superior courts to take jurisdiction over certain juveniles charged with violent felonies, a procedural route that could expose the teen to adult sentencing including two counts with 25-year mandatory minimums noted in filings.
- The indictment moves the case into standard pretrial steps: Biermann remains held at the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center, a preliminary hearing is scheduled in early September, and the proceedings will determine whether the matter stays in juvenile or adult court.