Florida quarterback Jaren Kitna was arrested Wednesday on child pornography felony charges, according to Alachua County Jail records. I was.
“We are shocked and saddened to hear the news that Jalen Kitna was involved,” a team spokesperson said in a statement. will not tolerate such behavior and Jalen has been suspended indefinitely.”
The Gainesville Police Department executed a search warrant at Kitna’s residence based on hints that a Discord user had distributed child sexual abuse imagery. The GPD plans to indict him on multiple second-degree felony charges of possession and propaganda of obscene material.
According to an arrest report obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, Kitona admitted to police that she was on the Discord and Kick servers and was involved in sexual abuse. One of her images owned by Kitona depicted “a prepubescent girl engaged in sexual activity with an adult man.” In addition, three images of her showed two naked adolescents of her in the shower.
A redshirt freshman, Kitna appeared in four games this season as the primary backup for Anthony Richardson. He threw 14 of his passes, and he threw 12 in a game the Gators won against his FCS Eastern in his 52–17 victory over Washington. Kitna was expected to be in contention for his starting quarterback job in 2023 if Richardson left early for the NFL Draft.
Kitna played high school football at Burleson High School in Texas. His three-star contender for class of 2021, he chose Florida over offers from Boston College, Tennessee and Colorado. Kitna is the son of former NFL quarterback John He Kitna, who has played for multiple different teams in the NFL for over ten years.
