Housewife's Son Had ‘Derogatory’ Sex Video with Family on Phone: Prosecutor

He is under under supervision with uh. Portland juvenile court for one count of. sexual battery against a child under 16. felony. >> Had he done what he was accused of, there would be DNA. There is no DNA in. this case. It's been tested. There's no. male DNA in the victim's on the body or. inside her body in this particular. >> Well, a bombshell was just dropped in. court today in the KJ Beerman sex crimes. case. details about what was apparently. found on his phone. Shocking. We are.

talking about a previous incident. involving him and a minor. We have. footage from what happened in a very. important hearing today involving the. 15-year-old son of reality TV star Kim. Zoliaak and former NFL player Croy. Beerman. And this includes the alleged. victim speaking out in court today. Let's talk about it. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse. Weber. To be clear, KJ Beerman, despite these.

allegations, is innocent unless proven. guilty. So, we told you that a bond. hearing was coming, but what we didn't. know, and maybe we couldn't have known, is what exactly we were going to hear. today, and we got a lot of information. to talk about. So, Croy KJ Beerman, 15. years old, the son of reality TV star. Kim Zoliaak and former NFL player Croy. Beerman, walked into court in Atlanta. today, and this is where he's facing. seven felony sex crime charges. His.

lawyer was there to argue that he should. be released, right? She should have. bond. Now, sources in the courtroom are. reporting that his mother was there as. well as his father. The exes reportedly. didn't sit together, that they didn't. look at each other. But before the day. was done, the prosecution dropped. something that has never been made. public until now. And this is something. involving a phone and an apparent family. member that they say, and it is.

shocking. We're going to have more on. that in a moment. But KJ's attorney, Jason Sheffield, who by the way, I was. looking at him, I'm like, why does he. look so familiar? He actually. represented one of the defendants in the. Ahmad Arbory case. Okay. He was present. with him today. says his client is 100%. innocent, says that he can prove it. Now, there's a quick reset in this case, just to let you know where we're coming. from. That this all stems from back on. April 23rd because police say that is. when there was this alleged incident. Happened apparently at a Lifetime.

Fitness in Alpharetta, Georgia. A. 15-year-old female classmate apparently. told investigators that Beerman, who was. 14 at the time, forced himself on her in. a co-ed sauna, tried multiple times to. pull her pants down, and allegedly ended. up forcing her to perform sexual. activity. Now, the court documents claim. that she told him no, and that she says. she eventually got away, and he left. Now, the next day, she told her family. and she was taken for an examination. This is important. According to the. police report, the GBI, the Georgia.

Bureau of Investigation, found. apparently found no male DNA on or. inside the areas that she said were she. was assaulted. Now, that's really going. to be quite significant for the defense. And Jason Sheffield claims that KJ also. passed a polygraph with a respected sex. offender polygrapher. He told Page Six. that Beerman's going to plead not guilty. to all charges at his October 14th. arignment. And then on Tuesday, Sheffield filed a motion to move this.

whole case out of adult court and into. Falton County Juvenile Court. So, we. broke all of that down for you in a. previous episode why a defendant would. prefer to be in juvenile court as. opposed to adult court. There's. different consequences, different ways. this will work out. And Sheffield made. the argument that if KJ KJ Beerman is. convicted as an adult on the aggravated. charges, he faces a mandatory minimum of. 25 years, no parole, no probation. So. the motion's still pending as of now. And then came today, Friday. So the.

judge presented Beerman with the. charges. Aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated. sodomy, sexual battery against a child. under 16, false imprisonment. And then. the judge said, "Okay, we're here for. bond, right?" But then some other issues. have come up. And this is when defense. attorney Sheffield addressed the court. And the first thing that he talked about. was issues surrounding all the media. coverage in this case. >> I understand very well that my client's.

family has been a public life family. That public life started well before he. was born or right around the time he was. first born and then it continued. throughout most of his life. not his. choice and he has accommodated to that. those circumstances, but because of his age and because of. the conversations that we need to have. that the court must consider. when considering bond and then later for. transfer purposes, I'm concerned about.

how the coverage is going to impact his. future, the future of the alleged victim. in this case and the other. minors that will be involved in this. case as witnesses. whether they are fact. witnesses, whether they are reverse. character witnesses, whether they are. prior false allegation witnesses, etc. So my concern is if if the court wants. to allow the coverage of what we are. speaking about, I'm I'm asking that it. not include videos and not include.

videos of my client or any other minor. because that footage becomes digested. and it becomes replayed and it has gone. all the way from local to national to. international to then into the very. hands of the juveniles and other. witnesses that are important in this. case. It has been my experience that the. the the videos and the photographs later. get modified. They get turned into memes. which are expressions and statements and.

they really corrupt the pool of. witnesses and they create fear. >> So he asked about photography and video. coverage of his client. Asked also that. the court protect the identity of his. client even though you know everyone. seems to know what this case is about. But there was also this issue of just. information getting out there, the. arrest warrant, DNA testing. He was. concerned about how much was getting out. there. But this is where Sheffield kind. of went on the defensive because it. seems there might have been an issue. about public comments that he was making.

about the case so far. Here's his. response. >> Everything that I said in those. statements that the state has put in its. motion to the court is based on. evidence. Um, I understand the state's. position that a polygraph is not. admissible unless it's agreed to. I've. actually had two courts rule that my. unilateral polygraph would be admissible. if my client testified and was. cross-examined and then I could admit. the polygraph. It is also used by our. justice system. It is used by our sex.

offender registry system and our. criminal department of community. services. It's used by detectives. So, it's not an issue of science. It's an. issue of credibility. And that's why. polygraphs are generally not admissible. because. I have had two courts say that I could I. could use those polygraphs and I didn't. have those trials and it wasn't. necessary. As for a statement on prior. false allegations, I have evidence. I. have witnesses and I believe under our. our current case law that is admissible.

evidence. It's no longer subjected to. the reasonable probability of falsity. standard. It's subjected to 401 and 403. And because the report that was issued. had so much to do with the credibility. of the alleged victim and it had. extensive information about the way that. she, you know, described these offenses, I thought it was reasonably necessary to. level the playing field to talk about. that particular evidence. And then the. last statement that I made was about the.

motive and the motive and the reason for. the statement. motive evidence and bias. evidence is admissible and I have. evidence to back up the statement that I. made. And I I have also asked in that. same breath which is now subject to. criticism that we try to remove. ourselves from this public spotlight and. not comment on these two juveniles and. to not thumbs up and heart and I have. discouraged everyone that I've talked to. from doing so. um don't believe I've.

made any other statement other than that. one that's been picked up and and spread. through the various channels, but that. is the statement that I made to try to. level the scales a little bit about the. harm that I thought was prejudicing my. client because I was also seeing how it. was being reported uh that he's actually. committed the offense. And when you get. into social media and you get into other. types of online posting, they don't make. statements like he's presumed innocent. or allegedly. They just talk about how.

he's guilt. And so that was the reason. that I did it. I. >> And again, we've talked about this that. he seems to be making the claim that he. has evidence that this accuser may have. had false allegations in the past. In. other words, he's fighting a battle both. in the court of law and the court of. public opinion. says all these comments. are based on potential evidence in this. case that he had to justify it in a way. But also, he said he's waiting to see if. the court instructs him to cease making. any statements. But here is what's. interesting. The alleged victim in this.

case apparently addressed the judge, addressed the court. And I want you to. listen to this because remember the key. here is whether KJ Beerman should be. released from detention pending trial. >> I am only 15. I should be worrying about. school, my friends, and normal things. people my age worry about. Instead, I. have had to deal with the fear, stress, and the consequences of something that I. never thought I would have to face. The.

backlash I'm already facing has been. unbearable. I have lost friends. My. peers think that I'm disgusting. And. people make making an already difficult. situation even harder. But what scares. me the most is that this has gone beyond. people just talking. I have already. received threats from mutuals saying. that if he is released, he will come. after me. DMs, messages to my friends.

and family and post threatening me. because of me coming forward. No matter. what these threats came directly from, I. cannot I cannot just No matter who these. threats came from directly, I cannot. just ignore them or assume that nothing. will happen. I am not only scared for my own life. anymore. I am scared for my family too. Members of my family have received. emails and phone calls because of this.

situation. The people I love should not. have to be afraid or be dragged into. this because of what happened to me. Knowing that my family is being. protected makes me feel like there's. nowhere I can completely feel safe. I. have fears that my life and my family's. lives are in danger if he gets released. The thought of him being released scares. me more than I can put into words. If he is released, I am afraid the. threats, calls, emails, and backlash.

will become even worse. I do not want to wake up every day. wondering if someone is going through to. follow through on a threat. I do not. want to be scared every time my phone. goes off, every time someone calls my. family or every time I leave my house. I. should not have to constantly look over. my shoulder because I am afraid for. myself or someone I love. This has. already changed the way I feel about my. safety. If he is released, I am scared. that the little sense of security I have.

left will disappear completely. Even if. conditions are placed on his release, the threats and unwanted contact that my. family and I have already experienced. make it extremely difficult for me to. believe that I will be safe. I'm not. asking for revenge or trying to punish. someone. I'm asking to be protected. I'm. asking you to understand that this. decision is not just something happening. in a courtroom. It affects whether I can. go home, go to school, spend time with. my family, and live my everyday life.

without being terrified of what could. happen next. I'm trying to continue with. my life when it is already extremely. difficult. I should not have to feel. like speaking up as my life or my. family's safety in nature. I should not. have to wonder whether staying silent. would have kept the people I love safer. Please take the threats that I have. already been made. the calls and emails. my family has already received my age. and the fear that my family and I are.

willing with into consideration when you. make your decision. I'm asking you not. to release him on bond because I. genuinely care for my life and for the. safety of my family if he is released. I. just want to feel safe again. I want my. family to feel safe too. Thank you for. listening to me and considering public. assistance. So that's her story, her. narrative, how she feels. Now there was. a response because as she asked the. judge to grant no bond, Sheffield,

defense attorney here, gave his client's. story, telling the judge who KJ Beerman. is and also addressed the factors, the. considerations a court has to weigh when. deciding to grant bond. >> Our jurist prudence begins with our four. factors. I understand that the court can consider. really any evidence and that evidence is. meant to be considered in light of the. four factors that precede us today. And. really what we're talking about today is.

can the court have reasonable assurances. that Mr. Beerman poses no significant. risk that language being the important. standard of fleeing from the. jurisdiction of the court failing to. appear in court. poses no significant. threat or danger to the person, to the. community or property. He poses no. significant risk of committing a felony. and poses no significant risk. or otherwise obstructing administration.

Mr. Beerman is now 15 years old. He's a. sophomore at Cambridge High School. He is a good student there, A and B's. and maybe some C's, but he's a very good. student. He's actively involved in his. community. He's involved in his church. He goes every Sunday. He has three siblings and two half. siblings from his mother's previous. marriage. He is rooted in North Fton through his.

school. through his extracurricular activity and. pro-social. engagements. He's engaged in football. rigorous program in football. achieved accolades both academically and. through his his coaching through his. planning. He is welll liked in this. community. I have several exhibits for. the court that I will put into evidence. for the court to consider and I prepared. a notebook for the court.

>> All right. >> In that regard. >> Thank you. >> And so I'll I'll seek to admit this. notebook in its entirety but I'll tell. the court what's in the first before I. do so. Um, your honor, I have in the. notebook the documents of the case, the. SB440 and tab one. May I approach the. court? >> Sure. Let me ask you this. >> And then Sheffield turned to the. material in the case, the warrant, the. police report, the DNA findings, essentially saying all this went out to. the public before this hearing was even. held.

>> And I'm happy to make this thread. available, but essentially my response. is, you know, this is juvenile court. stuff. This should not be been released. I don't know how you got this or. whatnot. Um, but this is what was used. Defense exhibit one is what was used and. what was dispersed. to write the articles. And I I I respect. that state's, you know, position is that. maybe this is more about Mr. Doom's. parents than it is about him, but that's. just simply not true. It's he's the son, of course, but now it goes into all this.

detail. And the court now has as an. exhibit all the things that were said. And perhaps then with more time the. court can determine whether my response. is appropriate or not. When we look at that material, your. honor, I do believe that those. statements that were made through the. media do have a substantial likelihood.

of materially prejudicing our trial and. our proceedings. those statements have it's not really. that they might or could obviously it's. that they have a substantial life to. bear and I I hope that that demonstrates. you know the reason why I responded the. way that I did. Also, your honor, I have. provided in my motion uh the links to. the articles. >> And here's something that's interesting. because in his argument that this. material shouldn't have been released,

he actually tells the judge how he found. out about everything. But I will state. in my place that I received a text. message from a media person. This was with I can't remember exactly. which one it was, but it could have been. US Weekly or Wii Magazine or E. Entertainment or Page Six. Um they sent. me a text message and in that text. message it's a document. He says, "Hi. Jason, these documents were filed in. public court. I can send you what was.

filed that we pulled." And I said, "Please do. Um, my initial email, this man's name. was Brendan, and I said, "I understand you're running. a story on the Beerman. Please call me. Where did you get this information?". Uh, and he sent it to me. >> Okay. From there, it was the state's. turn, the prosecution's turn on bond, >> judge. I think if I were going to ask. for a bond or not ask for a bond, but. suggest an amount, if the court were to. grant one, um I think that the amount.

should be higher than what Attorney. Sheffield has suggested. I think for. count one, uh I would suggest, let me do. it this way. I would suggest a $50,000. bond for counts one, two, and three each. individually. Uh And then for counts four, five, and. six, I would ask for a $10,000 bond per. count. Same for count seven. Actually, judge.

Um I would also mention that um defense. council listed several again this is if. the court is inclined to grant bond. Um. defense council mentioned several things. that he um would suggest as far as. special conditions. Um I would ask that. again if the courts Mr. Grant Fond uh. that that ankle monitoring be a 247 home. confinement and that the reports for. that ankle monitoring would come. directly to my office as well to me.

specifically. Um I would ask that he not. be allowed to go to school. I believe. that's what Attorney Sheffield said. Um. I would ask that he only be allowed to. leave the home for uh doctor visits and. attorney visits only. Um, and I would. ask that even as it pertains to family. members that there be no exception that. you not reside or have any contact with. anybody under the age of 18 years old, boy or girl, family member or not, which. I realize may create an issue for.

situation. >> And then, okay, talked about at the top. This is the moment. This is that. bombshell I referenced before. the. prosecution telling the court these. things that we actually never heard. about prior to this hearing. Your. >> honor, um, as to this defendant, um, defense council has already presented. information about his school. I did. speak with his mother concerning. Cambridge and she did state that he. would be eligible to return in person if.

that was a consideration that the court. was taking um, in place. Um, did your. honor want the juvenile history? >> Yes. Your honor, as to the defendant's. juvenile history, he is under under. supervision with juvenile court for one. count of sexual battery against a child. under 16 felony. The defendant was. placed on a sentence for that.

October 29th of 2025 is when that order. was filed in. I have spoken to the. defendant's juvenile probation officer. He was provided six special conditions. um that included a psychosocial. evaluation, a sex offender treatment. program, attend individual counseling. and follow the direct directives, to. complete one juvenile class and a. two-page handwritten essay, to complete. a vision board, and to complete a risk.

needs assessment. My understanding of it. is the defendant completed all of those. divisions. um by July 23rd of this year, which was a review hearing that we had. before the court. Um he is still under. supervision until 2027. However, that. supervision is um being done as phone. calls to the defendant monthly by his. student probation officer. Um, I did. speak with them and they said that. depending on what happened with this. hearing as to whether that supervision.

would continue. The defendant is. eligible for the standard SP440 bond. conditions which would be supervision by. myself. You would have a 24-hour curfew. except for any special um conditions. that the court would place on that. The. standard, however, would be um only. leave the home for medical, legal, and. anything else um that is approved by. myself. He would have um wraparound. services paid for by the Department of. Juvenile Justice. Um he's eligible for. the ankle monitor paid for by the. Department of Juvenile Justice um which.

uh the court is aware of reports. directly to myself. Um he would um be. ordered to have no contact um with the. alleged victim, no social media. I have. also spoken with his mother concerning. the living situation and if granted bond. would request that the court order that. he live with his mother um and that we. not go back and forth between the two um. home situations between the mother and. the father. Um I've also spoken with her. about the possibility of him having a no.

contact with any children under a. specific age. based on the age of the. alleged victim. I request no contact. with anyone under the age of 16 to. include his siblings. Um his supervision. by me would include pop-up visits by. myself to the home and if he is allowed. to attend school in person um I would. visit with him at the school. If he's. placed on virtual school, then I will. follow up to make sure that he's. actually completing the work. That's all. the information I have. >> Thank you. >> Let me just be clear about this, okay? according to what you just heard. And we.

were limited on what we could show you. in that courtroom or what was actually. videotaped or recorded. But this is also. based on reporting from outlets like. Page 6 and WSBTV. Deputy District Attorney Caitlyn. McGillicuy told the court that. authorities found videos on KJ Beerman's. phone of him allegedly having sex with a. family member under the age of 12. allegedly multiple encounters describing. it as quote predatory derogatory.

language toward the victim in this case. And as you heard, this was a case from. years ago. He apparently has been on. probation. The reason we never knew. about it, the reason it was never made. public is seemingly it was because it. was in juvenile court. And I have to add. this. So this is a statement to page six. from Sheffield. He said this of these. video allegations. Quote, "The. characterizations made in court. regarding the prior juvenile matter. involving KJ Beerman grossly. misrepresent both the facts and the.

ultimate resolution of that case. The. matter arose from inappropriate, crude. behavior involving two middle schoolers. It did not result in an adjudication for. statutory rape, sexual intercourse, or. any comparable offense. Any suggestion. otherwise is inaccurate and creates a. materially misleading impression of how. the juvenile matter was ultimately. resolved. But McGillicuy revealed that. Beerman was previously charged with. sexual battery of a victim under the age. of 16. Shocking. Shocking. So from.

there, Sheffield comes back to close. going straight to something that we've. already mentioned before, the DNA. I. would expect evidence to be that. scientifically speaking, had he done. what he was accused of, there would be. DNA. There is no DNA in this case. It's. been tested. There's no male DNA in the. victim's on the body or inside her body. in those particular areas. There is no evidence of flight or risk.

of flight other than the seriousness of. the charges. That is not a factor that. has yet been recognized as a reason to. deny somebody a bond that the charges. are serious. He is presumed innocent of. those serious charges and that is not. relevant. The state has not offered any. evidence about means and motive to flee. other than the seriousness of the. charges. And just to conclude on the ankle. monitor, your honor, yes, that ankle. monitor company can not only email, but.

text and call and have it set. automatically to do so. So there's not a. a third person or third party that has. to reach out to the state. The device. itself can be programmed to. automatically call or text Mr. Gillicuy. or the court or Miss Singleton or anyone. else. That that technology exists today. Wonderful. So, for those reasons, your. honor, we ask that you grant mom. Thank. you. >> Thank you. >> Now, the judge didn't end up ruling.

today, but Judge Melanie Leidge says. that she'll issue the order between now. and Monday. Still not ruling on the. motion to move the case to juvenile. court as of yet. That's a big. consideration. So, as of now, KJ Beerman. remains at the Metro Regional Youth. Detention Center. If that changes, you're going to hear it here on Sidebar. from us. That's all we have for you. right now, everybody. Thank you so much. for joining us. As always, please. subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you should get your. podcasts. You can also check us out on.

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