COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A former South Carolina lawmaker, once eager for the attention of a recording camera, hid his face from them Monday as he left the federal courthouse in Columbia in an orange-and-white striped jumpsuit and shackled wrists.

Earlier that afternoon, Robert John May, better known as “RJ,” pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sex abuse material, which South Carolina’s top federal prosecutor described as “the worst of the worst” among the 10 counts May had faced.

Prosecutors dropped the other five in exchange for May’s plea.

May has been held at the Edgefield County Detention Center since his arrest in June, and will remain there until his sentencing - currently scheduled for Jan. 14, 2026. His mugshot was first made publicly available on Tuesday.

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