University of Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna was charged Wednesday with distributing child exploitation material, accused of sharing images of sexual abuse on the messaging platform Discord, authorities said.
Kitna, 19, faces two counts of the crime and three counts of possession of child pornography, Gainesville police said in a statement.
The school’s University Athletic Association said Kitna, a freshman, was suspended indefinitely from its football program.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted local authorities Wednesday that someone shared an image depicting child abuse on Discord, the police department said.
A preliminary analysis of Kitna's devices found three other images depicting child sexual abuse, according to the police department.