‘DEPLORABLE, DEPRAVED AND DISGUSTING’: FORMER STATE LAWMAKER PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING CHILD P*RNOGRAPHY? Within 48 hours of last week’s hearing, however, the 38-year-old reversed course and pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child pornography (.pdf). “RJ, Robert, Robert John, Eric Rentling,” May said, before hesitating on the final alias — the one tied to the distribution of CSAM and the possibility of decades in prison. ***U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling addresses the press following Robert John “RJ” May’s plea hearing on Sept. 29, 2025. (Dylan Nolan/FITSNews)***“These actions by Robert John May are deplorable, depraved and disgusting,” U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling said following Monday’s plea hearing.