Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., 15, was granted $200,000 bond Friday after a contentious Fulton County Superior Court hearing in which prosecutors disclosed prior juvenile allegations and claimed investigators found videos on his phone of sexual encounters with a family member under age 12.
Judge Melynee Leftridge ordered his release from the Metro Regional Youth Detention Center under strict conditions.
Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., 15, granted bond
He must live full-time at his mother Kim Zolciak’s home, attend school virtually, wear an electronic monitoring device with a 24-hour curfew (except for medical or court appearances), surrender his passport, and refrain from using a cellphone or social media except for approved school or counseling purposes.
He is barred from any contact—direct or indirect—with the alleged victim in the current case, her family, or associates. He also cannot have contact with anyone 16 or younger.
That restriction includes his younger siblings: brother Kash, 14, and twins Kaia and Kane, 12. Other children that age are not permitted to stay at or visit the home.
The teenager faces seven felony counts—aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, false imprisonment, and three counts of sexual battery against a child under 16—stemming from an alleged April 23 incident at a Life Time Fitness in Alpharetta involving a 14-year-old girl. He was arrested Aug. 17 and later indicted.
Prosecutors described documented physical injury to the alleged victim and read a statement in which she expressed fear for her safety if he were released.
During the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Caitlin McGillicuddy told the court that investigators previously discovered videos on KJ’s phone depicting multiple sexual encounters with a female family member under 12, along with what she called “predatory, derogatory” language.
She said he had been under juvenile court supervision since October 2025 in connection with a 2023 matter and that this would mark a second serious sexual offense allegation involving female victims.
Defense attorney Jason Sheffield requested a $65,000 bond, saying detention had been “so traumatizing” for a quiet teenager with strong family and community ties, academic standing, and athletic prospects. He said Zolciak, who is currently at home, would supervise him.
After the hearing, Sheffield said prosecutors’ characterizations of the earlier juvenile matter “grossly misrepresent both the facts and the ultimate resolution,” describing it as “inappropriate, crude behavior involving two middle-schoolers” that did not result in an adjudication for statutory rape or comparable offenses and that was addressed through counseling.
KJ has denied the current gym allegations, submitted to a polygraph that his lawyer said showed no deception on relevant questions, and plans to plead not guilty. His team has also moved to transfer the case to juvenile court.
Zolciak, Kroy Biermann, and older sister Brielle Biermann attended the hearing. The parents, who are in the midst of a contentious divorce, sat separately. Arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14. The charges remain allegations; KJ is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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