00:00K.J. Beerman is challenging all seven felony charges outlined in his indictment,
00:04arguing that the accusations do not show he used force to cause physical injury to his alleged
00:09victim. The 15-year-old's attorney, Jason Sheffield, filed in Fulton County Superior Court
00:14a special demur to the indictment, objecting to the specificity of the charges. He argued that
00:19the count of aggravated child molestation fails to identify the physical injury allegedly resulting
00:24from the charged conduct, noting that the physical injury element needs to be present in order to
00:29prove the aggravated factor. They are arguing the count of aggravated sexual battery and challenging
00:34the aggravated sodomy charge, too, claiming the accusation that his teenage client committed the
00:38alleged conduct with force is not identified in the indictment. Beerman was also charged with three
00:44counts of sexual battery against a child under 16, but Sheffield argued that the counts are
00:49facially indistinguishable because both alleged the same offense involving the same complainant and
00:54the same anatomical area, the same date, and identical statutory language. And with regard to
01:00the false imprisonment charge, Sheffield argued that the indictment identifies no conduct by which
01:04the alleged detention occurred. Sheffield went on to request a hearing to discuss the arguments
01:09outlined in his demur filing and asked that the lead detective in the case testify. Beerman was
01:14arrested in August following an indictment from April in which a female classmate, who described
01:19herself as his girlfriend's best friend, accused him of sexually assaulting her at the Lifetime
01:23Fitness Center in Alpharetta, Georgia.
