Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department following the execution of a search warrant at his apartment Wednesday morning. He was charged with two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography, according to a GPD spokesperson. He has been suspended indefinitely from the football program, according to a university spokesperson.
According to a document obtained by Sports Illustrated, authorities believed they had probable cause to search his home for evidence of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.
Kitna, 19, was arrested following a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a user was distributing child sexual abuse material through the online chat platform Dicsord on an account belonging to Kitna, according to a GPD spokesperson. The tip flagged Kitna’s address—an apartment he shares with two others, neither of whom were arrested. Further investigation revealed he shared two images, according to a GPD press release. Kitna was booked in the Alachua County jail Wednesday afternoon, according to an online inmate database.
