Blount County, TN (WOKI) A former magistrate with Blount County Juvenile Court has been indicted for tampering with her son’s child pornography case.
Diane Lashmit was charged by a grand jury for tampering with proceedings and accessory after the fact. She was a Blount County Juvenile Court Magistrate from 2013 to January 2024 but had not presided over a case since August of 2023.
The indictment says Lashmit helped her son, Julian Gerdeman, attempt to “alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal child pornography” on his electronics.
Lashmit pleaded not guilty, and her trial is scheduled for April 15.
Her son pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of and access with intent to view child pornography.
