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The first of two trials for Sean Williams will be delayed after a federal judge granted his defense attorney's motion to withdraw from the case.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sean Williams won’t get a new attorney in his federal child pornography production and escape cases after U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer denied Williams’ request to replace Joseph McAfee Monday. Greer, Williams and McAfee spent more than an hour behind closed doors due to attorney-client privilege before the judge called other […]

Accused sex abuser hints at dissatisfaction with current attorney GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The first federal criminal trial for accused child rapist Sean Williams, for escape, is six weeks away after a judge denied a motion to continue Tuesday. The motion hearing, though, included a wrinkle that could lead to further delays — a letter […]

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The attorney for accused child rapist Sean Williams, who is also charged with a federal count of escape, has asked for a delay and change of venue in the escape case. Appointed attorney Joseph McAfee also plans to seek a delay in Williams’ federal child pornography production case that has already […]

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sean Williams will have separate trials on his federal child pornography production charges and his escape charges, with his pornography production trial now officially set to start May 21. Federal judge Ronnie Greer had suggested joining the count related to Williams’ Oct. 18 escape from a transport van to his pornography […]

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A federal judge has approved the request to delay former Johnson City business owner Sean Williams’ child pornography production trial and set a new date of May 21. Judge Cynthia Wyrick said Joseph McAfee, Williams’ third appointed attorney since his arrest in late April 2023, showed good cause for the delay, […]

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sean Williams’ appointed attorney has filed a motion to continue the accused child pornographer’s federal trial, which is currently scheduled to start March 19. Joseph McAfee cited not-yet-available materials related to Williams’ Oct. 18 escape from a transport van among his reasons for seeking a delay. Williams, 52, faces three federal […]

Williams escaped transport in October. Marshals brought him back to East Tennessee in Tuesday.

Accused child rapist and escaped inmate Sean Williams appeared in federal court on Thursday.The federal courthouse in Greeneville is the same one Williams is ac