A viral TikTok video is resurfacing the issue of the criminal case against a man who is charged with preying on underage Black girls.
Jason Roger Pope, 45, a South Carolina disc jockey who went by “DJ Kidd,” is facing 19 charges, including human trafficking, but he is accused of prostituting and having sex with hundreds of underage Black girls. Allegations also accuse Pope of intentionally infecting his victims with the HIV/AIDS virus between 2011 and 2019.
“Let’s find some justice for these 693 Black little girls who were taken advantage of, raped and given HIV AIDS by a freaking monster,” TikTok user EmancipationofBee said in a video posted on Jan. 20. A Facebook screenshot of a post attributed to Pope from years before his current charges shows him bragging, “I’m 36 with 693 BODIES (All Black females), WBU?”
Pope was a local DJ in Florence County, South Carolina, who often promoted parties. He regularly posted on social media, posing with Black girls and teens at his events. Some of his earliest allegations of criminal sexual conduct arose in December 2011, when he was accused of having unprotected sex with a 13-year-old girl, exposing her to the HIV/AIDS virus.
Although allegations go back further, WPDE reports police warrants alleged Pope “recruited women and underage girls and had sex with them on various occasions between September 2017 and July 2019, providing the victims with money and gifts in exchange.” They also alleged Pope “held some of his victims against their wills” in order to have sex.
One of Pope’s young victims accused him of giving her drugs and alcohol so she would have sex with him, WBMF reported.
Pope was arrested for his alleged crimes on Sept. 12, 2019, despite years of allegations. His charges include kidnapping, trafficking, prostitution and criminal sexual conduct. He is still incarcerated at the Florence County Detention Center.
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