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It’s been two weeks since Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80.
And now, her beloved sister Stella Parton is putting the country music community on blast for the way some people reacted to the news.
Yes, Dolly may have been one of the most beloved figures in country music, but according to Stella, some of her fellow musicians didn’t feel the need to check in after her death.
Stella is now speaking out about what she describes as a startling lack of condolences following Dolly’s passing.
During a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, Stella revealed that she personally hasn’t heard from a single entertainer in Nashville since her famous sister passed away.
“I haven’t had one condolence from anyone, anybody that I know, entertainers that I know. Nobody,” Stella said.
That’s quite a statement considering Dolly’s six-decade career and her enormous influence on country music.
Dolly’s passing prompted tributes from celebrities, politicians, and fans around the world. But Stella says the personal response from her Nashville peers has been noticeably different.
Stella has a theory as to why she’s been snubbed by her late sister’s colleagues.
“I’m assuming it might be because of my political, you know, activism on social media. I don’t know,” Stella explained.
Stella has been outspoken about her political views online, including criticism of Donald Trump. Dolly, meanwhile, famously avoided making her own political beliefs a major part of her public persona.
According to Stella, that was intentional.
“She had an opinion about things, but she never shared any of that,” Stella said of Dolly, adding that her sister was a “good businesswoman” who understood the importance of not alienating people.
So while Stella isn’t claiming that Dolly’s political views caused the apparent silence, she clearly believes her own activism could be a factor.
Of course, there has been no shortage of public tributes to Dolly. Her death has been mourned across the entertainment industry, and her legacy continues to be celebrated.
Still, Stella’s comments raise an uncomfortable question: If Nashville’s country community had so much love for Dolly, why didn’t more of them reach out privately to her grieving family?
For Stella, the loss remains deeply personal.
She described Dolly as the most optimistic person she had ever known and said she hopes people remember her as “sweet, kind, loving, talented, and brilliant.”
“Her creativity had no bounds,” Stella said.
And perhaps that’s the part that matters most.
Dolly Parton spent decades building a legacy that extended far beyond country music. But in the aftermath of her death, her sister is making it clear that she also remembers who showed up … and who didn’t.
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NOTN- The Juneau Assembly will consider changes to sales tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations during its regular meeting Monday at 6 p.m.
Ordinance 2026-32(b) would require qualifying nonprofits to collect and remit sales tax on most sales, services and rentals. Exceptions would include direct social services for vulnerable or disadvantaged people, such as food, housing and disability assistance.
The ordinance would also preserve exemptions for intermittent fundraising events, including auctions, bake sales and temporary markets. Those events could last no more than 14 consecutive days and happen no more than four times a year.
Below is the announcement released by CBJ.
Currently, sales, services, and rentals made by qualifying 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(19) organizations are broadly exempt from sales tax. At Monday’s meeting, the Assembly will take public testimony on ordinance 2026-32(b), which would narrow sales tax exemptions in the following ways:
- When a non-profit is selling items or services or providing rentals, they will need to collect and remit sales tax from their customers unless they fall into the two categories below:
- Sales of social services provided by a qualifying non-profit, defined as direct services to vulnerable, disadvantaged, or distressed individuals to meet basic life needs (food assistance, housing assistance, disability support, day services, senior and assisted living support).
- Sales of goods, services, and rentals tied to intermittent fundraising events, defined as a discrete campaign, gala, auction, bake sale, or temporary market drive lasting no more than 14 consecutive days and occurring no more than four times per calendar year.
A non-profit that purchases items, services or rentals may continue to procure those items without paying sales tax with a sales-exempt card from CBJ. Non-profits with ongoing or regular sales activity that fall outside of these three categories would need to collect and remit sales tax. The existing sales tax exemption on essential food and utilities would continue to apply to non-profit sales of SNAP-eligible foods.
Ordinance 2026-32(b), if adopted, would take effect January 1, 2027.
Residents who want to provide testimony on this ordinance or any other topics may email BoroughAssembly@juneau.gov on or before September 14. They can also sign up for in-person testimony before the meeting in the Assembly Chambers, or testify remotely by calling the City Clerk’s Office at 907-586-5278 before 4 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
For questions, contact communications@juneau.gov.
Alexandra Kay is getting real about her feelings following Thursday’s CMA Awards nominee announcement.
In a raw and honest video shared to social media, Kay held nothing back as she explained what she was feeling when she heard the CMA Awards nominations being called out and her name was not among the list, specifically in the New Artist of the Year category.
“I just found out that I didn’t get nominated for a CMA Award,” Kay said. “And I’m not gonna lie to you guys. I didn’t necessarily expect it, because I don’t actually feel like I’ve had a successful enough year, in the back of my brain, to deserve a Best New Artist Award at the CMAs this year. But, with that being said, I did qualify. This is my first year taking a song to country radio. My song ‘Straight For the Heart‘ climbed up the charts to No. 26.”
Not earning a CMA Awards nomination came around the same time Kay learned that her single was stalling out at country radio, adding to what had been a rather disappointing stretch in her career.
“I worked my a– off for every single chart position,” Kay admitted. “So when they called me a few weeks ago and told me, ‘We’re done. We’re not pushing the song anymore. It’s not moving up the chart anymore,’ I was devastated. I had pretty much the same day I had yesterday, when I found out I didn’t get nominated. And what a failure day looks like for me is lots of tears, lots of doubting myself, lots of anger, lots of just feeling so insignificant. Questioning everything.”
The rising artist says she allowed herself to feel disappointed, even if it was just for a short time, and that her boyfriend, Rocko, was there to hold her and let her fully feel the emotions she was experiencing.
“I’m telling you guys this because I only allow myself to feel that for one day,” Kay says. “I tried the whole Tony Robbins thing, where he’s like, ‘You can only feel failure for ten minutes, then you gotta bounce right back.’ That just doesn’t work for me, so you gotta do what works for you. So yesterday, after I didn’t get nominated, I felt it. I felt it hard. Rocko held me in his arms. I didn’t push those feelings down, and I felt them fully. It’s not about how many times you fall. It’s about how many times you get up. It’s about how quickly your response is. Successful people, resilient people, they don’t have fewer problems. They just have a quicker recovery time.”
Now, just one day later, Kay is ready to pick herself back up and move forward.
“So here I am on my back deck, getting ready to start a session with my trainer,” Kay told fans. “Getting on a flight to go play a show with Brett Young tonight. I’m writing some of the best music I have ever written in my entire career. And I did let it get me down, but I’m not going to let it keep me down. So, I’m gonna come back next year, and I’m gonna get it. And until then, I’m just gonna keep working hard.”
Fans rallied around Alexandra Kay in the comments section, applauding her for being real and encouraging her to move forward.
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Jhené Aiko has released her new album Westside Whimsy via ALLEL/Artclub/Def Jam Recordings. Six years in the making, the 20-track project is rooted in Aiko’s Los Angeles upbringing and features a guest lineup drawn from the city and wider West Coast.
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The album’s Los Angeles theme extends to its collaborations. Ab-Soul appears on “Love Bomb,” while Tyga joins Aiko on “Like, Whatever” and Larry June guests on “Neighbors.” Kendrick Lamar appears on “So Good,” reuniting with Aiko after earlier collaborations including “Growing Apart (To Get Closer)” and “Stay Ready (What a Life).” OHMA features on the album’s final track, “Golden Coast,” giving the record a California-focused finale. The five collaborations are spread across the 20-song sequence, leaving much of Westside Whimsy centered solely on Aiko.
Aiko offered more detail about the inspiration behind the project earlier this year, pointing to both ’90s music and California culture. “All the music of the ‘90s has really influenced me but especially West Coast car culture, surfing culture, beach, laidback,” she told Complex in April. “When I think of California, it’s just such a magical place and I love a good road trip and I’ve been doing them for many years.” Those references run alongside the album’s recurring focus on relationships and introspection, reflected in titles including “He Belongs,” “You,” “Don’t Be That Guy,” “Mine” and “I Don’t Mind.”
Westside Whimsy also arrives after an unusually brief formal rollout. Aiko announced the album on September 8, just days before its September 11 release, although she had been hinting at the title and concept for months. (She first teased the Westside Whimsy name in January through a collaboration with Erewhon.) The finished record is her first full-length studio album since 2020’s Chilombo.
Listen to Westside Whimsy here.
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A screenshot of a map by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources in a proposal for nearly 20,000 acres of land to be transferred to AIDEA near Houston for a proposed multi-use industrial and energy development district that may include a data center. (Alaska Department of Natural Resources)
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority’s plans to develop industrial facilities on land that currently belongs to Alaskan citizens has generated extensive criticism for many reasons. As a group of teens working to preserve our environment to the best of our abilities, we feel that it is our responsibility to inform Alaskans about how our land is at risk.
The Department of Natural Resources has proposed transferring nearly 20,000 acres of land near Houston, Alaska to AIDEA. That state agency finances and promotes development projects, and the new land transfer could give them control of public lands to be sacrificed for another “industrial park.”
AIDEA is a corporation with a history of bad investments that have resulted in nearly $233.3 million in losses over the last 35 years, according to an analysis by economists Milt Barker and Gregg Erickson in 2022. These investments included an Anchorage fish processing plant (now ChangePoint Church), the proposed Ambler Road and Mustang Oil. These projects, and more, misused Alaskans’ money and received major community backlash or failed on their own.
AIDEA says it plans to build roads, manufacturing pads and a data center on the land. Those plans could affect nearly 41.8 miles of trails used for running, biking and gathering firewood, along with supporting salmon, moose and other wildlife.
Data centers are being built in places all over the country to train and store data for artificial intelligence systems. A single medium-sized data center uses about 300,000 gallons of water a day along with lots of electricity, putting strain on the local communities’ power and water sources. Additionally, researchers have found that data centers harm the environment through carbon emissions and pollution from PFAS, chemicals that don’t break down in the environment over time.
Alaska Youth for Environmental Action teens from Anchorage are concerned because the proposed industrial park could be vastly harmful. We should not sacrifice our land, water and communities to power an industry serving distant demands. This for-profit development and industrialization can permanently alter the land which is the foundation of our food, culture and livelihoods. Rather, the state of Alaska should prioritize our Alaskan ecosystems and the people that depend on them.
The deadline for public comment is September 14th. It is important to have our voices heard.
When we surveyed people around the NFL on which player could be the next Drake Maye or Jaxon Smith-Njigba and make a sudden leap in 2026, one common answer emerged. New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough was routinely mentioned by scouts and executives we spoke with as a rising star to watch this season. In fact, one NFL executive told us that there’s no young quarterback “better set up for success” than Shough, while a scout told us that he was the best rookie quarterback last season. There were also a pair of Chicago Bears standouts that people around the league have their eyes on this season as rising stars. So, let’s unpack what we’re hearing about potential breakout candidates this season. Ralph Vacchiano: Even the New Orleans Saints weren’t quite sure what they had in second-round quarterback Tyler Shough at the start of last season. But by the end of the year, it looked like they had found their quarterback of the future. He was also the best of the quarterback class of 2025, even though he made just nine starts. And some around the NFL think he should be even better in Year 2 since the Saints have surrounded him with a stellar supporting cast. “There is no young quarterback better set up for success than [Shough],” an NFL executive told me. “Kellen Moore is a brilliant offensive mind, for starters. And look what they surrounded him with. He already had [wide receiver Chris] Olave and [tight end Juwan] Johnson. And in the right hands, Travis Etienne is a terrific running back — way better than Alvin Kamara at this stage. “In a bad division, they could surprise some people. And his numbers could pop.” Things would have looked even better for Shough if it wasn’t for the hamstring injury suffered by rookie wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, a player the executive told me “might be the best receiver in the draft.” He’s out at least the first four weeks of the season, and he could be sidelined until mid-October, according to some reports. “That’s a blow for sure,” one NFC scout told me. “But I think there’s still enough there for Shough to grow. Look at what he did last year. He’s got a much better team around him now.” Vacchiano: The Saints were 6-11 last year, but that was enough to finish just two games out of first place (and the playoffs). Shough completed 67.6% of his passes for 2,384 yards, 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. He showed off a little mobility too (186 rushing yards, 3 touchdowns). “I don’t think there was a better rookie quarterback last year,” the scout told me. “Maybe [Giants quarterback Jaxson] Dart will be better because he’s a real true dual-threat quarterback. But Shough has the ability to be an outstanding passer. And he’s certainly in the right hands.” And as Shough showed promise toward the end of last season, the executive I spoke with expects him to take a step forward in 2026 now that he’s spent a year in Moore’s offense. “He was good at everything. But mostly he was poised and efficient and really ran that offense well without a lot of mistakes,” the executive told me. “Moore will push him more this season, and I think he’s up to the task.” Eric D. Williams: Shough was a pleasant surprise for the Saints in the second half of the 2025 season, and talent evaluators I spoke with expect him to take another jump in his development in 2026. Shough, who was taken in the second round of last year’s draft and was the third quarterback taken behind Cam Ward and Dart, lost the training camp battle with Spencer Rattler before becoming the starting quarterback for the final games. As Shough went 5-4 as a starter, one talent evaluator I spoke with noted one area he grew in as his rookie season progressed. “Shough took a large leap last year in the last quarter of the season handling pocket pressure,” an NFL senior talent evaluator told me. “I think a full offseason with Kellen Moore will pay more dividends. A strong offensive line, nice receiving options and a proven offensive coach puts him in a great situation.” A longtime NFL scout, meanwhile, noted that the 26-year-old’s seven years in college should help him even more in 2026. “He is an experienced college QB who is coupled with a good player caller in the head coach,” the scout told me. “He made a jump in the last part of the season, and I expect that to continue. The head coach will play to his strengths.” Williams: During Shough’s final year in college, Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm got an up-close view of what his quarterback could do at the next level. In a collegiate career marred by injuries at Oregon and Texas Tech, Shough transferred to Louisville for his final college season, looking to reestablish himself as an NFL prospect. “For us, when we took him out of the portal, he wasn’t one of the hot names at all,” Brohm told me. “He was somebody who had been injured and kind of gone through some ups and downs – been a starter, been benched – whether it was due to injury or whatever. And I think he wanted one last chance to show what he was made of. “It was a great fit. We wanted a guy who was hungry and wanted to make one year work. He wanted to prove he was durable. And when we researched it, when he got hurt a lot of times, it was because of designed runs. I told him we’re not going to do that; we’re going to run more of an NFL system here. We can work around that and get it to our running backs, and that’s what we did. He lasted all year.” Louisville provided a dream scenario for Shough. He completed 63% of his passes for 3,195 yards, with 23 touchdowns and just six interceptions, leading the Cardinals to a 9-4 record. “He was durable,” Brohm said. “He did a great job and played well in games. He was a good leader, had a good arm. He’s a natural leader and guys liked him. He was very approachable; he played hard and tough, and had grit. And when things didn’t go well, he didn’t point the finger at anybody. He just had a natural way to lead. He had really good qualities and intangibles that carried over to his talent and skill.” Shough also helped his draft ascent at the combine, throwing the ball with zip during quarterback drills and running a 4.63-second, 40-yard time. Brohm said he wasn’t surprised by the success Shough had in his rookie season and expects him to have a solid NFL career. “I had a feeling that whoever took him was going to really like what they got,” Brohm told me. “And I think that definitely showed through in the first year of his NFL career. He’s in a good system. It’s always great to start the year not as the starter, but as the backup. Which I thought was great because I knew maybe they wouldn’t perform well, and then when that happens midway through the year, everyone’s clamoring for him. And he stepped in and showed what he’s made of. So, I was very happy for him. He earned it and I think he’ll do great from here on.” Vacchiano: Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson has had a knack over the years of turning his offensive players into dangerous weapons. And he has two more in the pipeline in Chicago that might be ready to break out. An NFC scout told me that he thinks wide receiver Luther Burden III and tight end Colston Loveland are going to become “elite” players under Johnson’s guidance, and it could happen as early as this season — though that depends on how much Johnson features them in what could be a very diverse offensive attack. “I actually think Burden is going to end up as their No. 1 receiver ahead of Rome Odunze,” the scout told me. “He’s got way better hands and is more reliable. Odunze is more explosive, probably, but at some point you lean on the guy who can make more plays. That’s Burden. He’s got great hands and strength. “And Loveland is right there with him. Johnson loves to rely on his tight ends too, so he’ll have plenty of opportunities. And you saw down the stretch last year what he can do with them.” Loveland, the 10th overall pick in last year’s draft, did go off late last season after a very slow start. He caught just 11 passes for 116 yards in the first six games before he had his breakout. He was truly elite in his final four games, though — including two in the playoffs — when he had 28 catches for 378 yards and two touchdowns. Burden, meanwhile, put up only average numbers (47-652-2), but he also was only the target of 10.6% of Williams’ passes. Considering he caught 78.3% of the balls thrown his way, that target share surely will increase. “I’m telling you, Johnson is going to lean on those two,” the scout said. “Let the defenses target Rome. Those are the two guys that will kill you.”Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
AP- Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.
The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence, vigils and readings of victims’ names — and volunteer projects in tribute to a day that about half of U.S. adults remember as the most historic event of their lifetime, according to a new poll. On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida extremists hijacked four commercial jets and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people.
Elsie Caldwell carried a photograph of her son Kenny Caldwell to the trade center to hear his name and all the others read aloud Friday morning. She last spoke to him that morning a quarter-century ago.
“Mom, I just want to let you know that I love you,” her son told her in a final phone call, she recalled. His remains, like those of many other victims, have never been recovered.
Trump attends Pentagon observance
The attacks brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers — icons of U.S. economic power, and among the tallest buildings on Earth — and blew a hole in the Pentagon, the U.S. military’s fortress-like headquarters near Washington. The fourth plane was headed for Washington, officials concluded, but the aircraft went down in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers.
“Sept. 11 reminded us of the terrible power of hate,” President Donald Trump said Friday at the Pentagon’s anniversary ceremony.
“The 25 years since have shown us the even greater power of the American spirit to endure and prevail, and to win,” added the Republican, who was in his native New York on 9/11.
Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on 9/11, attended the observance at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York, along with former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and current Vice President JD Vance. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wiped away a tear as he revisited the place where the attacks killed 658 of his colleagues — including his brother, Gary Lutnick — at the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum laid a wreath at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania after hailing the courage of the plane’s passengers and crew: “The actions they took should inspire us all.”
At ground zero, a new tribute to those who fell ill
For Angilic Casalduc, attending the New York commemoration “helps to show you’re not alone.” She lost her mother, Vivian Casalduc.
“There’s no timeline for grief, and unfortunately, no one can say how you can grieve, but coming here once a year makes it feel just a little bit better,” she said.
Traditionally, there are no political speeches at the ground zero commemoration, where victims’ relatives read aloud the long list of names and added personal messages. They thanked first responders and the military, invoked religious faith, appealed for national unity and touched on the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia. The kingdom was the homeland of most of the hijackers but denied any involvement in the attacks.
Mostly, relatives spoke of, and to, loved ones — whom some were too young to remember.
“You dreamed my whole life for me, and you only got eight months of it,” said Trisha Pakka, who lost her mother, Deepa Pakkala.
Kiersten Haub, who was 16 months old when the attacks killed her father, firefighter Michael Helmut Haub, said: “I carry you through every milestone.”
Besides moments of silence at key points in the attack timeline, this year’s ceremony added another moment to honor people who were exposed to the clouds of toxic dust released by the twin towers’ fiery collapse and have since died of cancer and other illnesses. Questions remain about how many people developed health problems linked to the dust.
The impact of 9/11 endures
It’s a reminder of how the attacks’ long shadow has reached into many corners of life in the U.S. and beyond.
The U.S.-led global war on terrorism included invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan — the latter Washington’s longest war — and detentions and harsh interrogation of terror suspects in an international network of secret CIA prisons. The U.S. found and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011, but the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed still awaits a trial 23 years after his capture.
The attacks changed U.S. air travel, led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, prompted new federal surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers and banking regulations and generated ongoing debate over the balance between security and freedom.
Sept. 11 engendered a culture of individual vigilance summed up by the slogan, “ If you see something, say something,” while a wave of patriotism propelled some Americans to join the military, fire departments and police forces.
Casey Kloepfer was 4 when his father, police Officer Ronald Kloepfer, was killed at the trade center. The son became an officer himself this June, wearing his dad’s badge number.
“It’s big footsteps to fill, but it’s definitely something that I take very seriously and want to continue to honor him and be the best police officer I can,” he said by phone this week.
New York’s mayor comes under scrutiny
Amid the post-9/11 calls to service and appeals for national unity, the attacks also fanned mistrust, prejudice and hate crimes directed at Muslims.
In the quarter-century since, Muslim Americans have played a growing role in public life from statehouses to Congress to New York City Hall, where Zohran Mamdani is the city’s first Muslim mayor. Yet he faced some criticism for attending the anniversary ceremony at ground zero.
Republican ex-Gov. George Pataki and 9/11 victims’ relatives cited, among other things, past remarks that some of Mamdani’s political associates have made about the attacks. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, also opposed Mamdani’s attendance, though the two shook hands there Friday.
Mamdani, a Democrat, said this week he loves the city and country and that he wanted the anniversary to focus on victims’ families, first responders and New Yorkers who helped one another after the attacks, which he called a “horrific act of terror.” The 34-year-old mayor was an elementary school student in New York on 9/11.
One victim’s son and namesake, Michael Massaroli, used his time at the podium Friday to deplore people “using this tragedy to spread hate” against Muslims and others.
“That’s wrong, and that does no honor to the victims here,” he said.
Times Square billboards pause advertisements
Remembrances extended far from the attack sites, including beams of light projected from New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, a stair climb at Mississippi State University’s football stadium and a ceremony at Honolulu’s 9/11 memorial.
Sept. 11 isn’t a federal holiday, but Congress has designated it both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
“One appropriate way to remember is by serving,” said Jay Winuk, who lost his brother Glenn Winuk and then co-founded the organization 9/11 Day with friend David Paine. The group coordinates volunteer opportunities and this year arranged for dozens of Times Square billboards to pause their advertising at 9:11 a.m. Friday.
Instead, they simply displayed the time.
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In one of the most upsetting celebrity news stories in recent memory, KJ Biermann’s legal troubles just took an even more disturbing turn.
We must warn you that the rest of this article contains what might triggering accounts of some truly shocking allegations.
As we previously reported, the 15-year-old son of Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann is already facing seven felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault involving a female classmate.
Now, prosecutors have revealed another allegation involving an underage family member.
During KJ’s Friday bond hearing in Fulton County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Caitlin McGillicuddy reportedly told the judge that investigators discovered videos on the teenager’s cellphone that allegedly showed sexual encounters involving a family member who was under the age of 12 (per TMZ).
According to prosecutors, there were multiple videos, and McGillicuddy characterized the alleged conduct as predatory.
The newly disclosed allegation had apparently not been publicly reported before Friday’s hearing.
Prosecutors also said KJ has been under court supervision since October 2025 in connection with a sexual battery charge involving a victim under 16.
That revelation comes as KJ remains jailed over the separate case involving his female classmate.
KJ was indicted earlier this month on seven felony charges, including aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a child under 16, and false imprisonment. He has denied the allegations, and his attorney, Jason Sheffield, has maintained that the teenager is innocent.
The defense is also fighting to have KJ’s case moved to juvenile court.
Sheffield has argued that his client was only 14 when the alleged incident involving his classmate occurred and remains an adolescent whose development is ongoing. He has also pointed to KJ’s academic and athletic accomplishments while asking the court to release him on bond.
Prosecutors, however, requested a $190,000 bond and raised concerns about the safety of the alleged victim.
That victim reportedly told the judge that she has been living in fear and is worried about what could happen if KJ is released.
Meanwhile, Kim and Kroy both appeared in court to support their son.
Kim has previously vehemently denied the allegations against KJ, calling them “reckless and deeply troubling.” She has also claimed that her son voluntarily took and passed a polygraph examination.
KJ is expected to plead not guilty at his October 14 arraignment.
For the Biermann family, however, Friday’s hearing brought a shocking new layer to an already deeply serious legal situation.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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