Kim Zolciak's 15-year-old son, KJ Biermann, is begging to be released from jail, citing good character, strong academics, football achievements and scholarship offers. Biermann's attorney, Jason B. Sheffield, filed documents in the Superior Court of Fulton County on Wednesday requesting a bond hearing for his client, who has been locked up at Atlanta's Metro Regional Youth Detention Center since his Aug. 17 arrest for felony aggravated sodomy and felony aggravated sexual battery. The accused turned 15 years old in May. He is a high school student in good standing who has demonstrated strong academic achievement and regularly participates in extracurricular and community-based activities, Sheffield argued in the filing obtained Thursday by Page Six. He is an accomplished football player who has received scholarship offers based upon his athletic ability. 8 KJ Biermann (pictured in his Aug. 17 mugshot) is begging to be released from jail. Alpharetta Police Department 8 Via his attorney, Biermann (pictured in May) cited good character, strong academics, football achievements and scholarship offers in documents filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County on Wednesday. kimzolciakbiermann/Instagram Sheffield went on to reference Biermann's substantial ties to his family and community, stating that he maintains a home and relationship with both Zolciak, 48, and dad Kroy Biermann, 40. He also has five siblings and is surrounded by an established community of extended family, friends, coaches, teachers and others who remain actively involved in his life and continue to support him and his family during the pendency of these serious allegations. According to Sheffield, the aforementioned are not merely favorable attributes but rather ties that bind [KJ] to his home, his school, his family and this community, providing structure, supervision, accountability and compelling reasons for him to remain here and comply with every condition imposed by this court. Sheffield also stressed that KJ participated in the development of evidence in his defense, including voluntarily #pagesix #podcastdailynews