Former South Carolina state Rep. RJ May, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, was sentenced to prison for 17 1/2 years for distributing videos of children being sexually abused. This is another ‘not a drag queen’ story since May was an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who has accused drag queens and transgender people of harming kids.
LGBTQ Nation reports:
May — who was honored by the anti-LGBTQ+ “parents’ rights” group Moms for Liberty in 2023 as its Legislator of the Year — first denied the charges after investigators found evidence that he had shared hundreds of images of kids, including pictures of adults raping seven-year-olds. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who sentenced May, said the CSAM he shared was “more severe” than any other she had ever seen before.
The South Carolina Daily Gazette reports:
May, a West Columbia Republican and founding member of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, pleaded guilty in September to sending videos depicting child sexual abuse over a five-day span in April 2024.
