ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – Former Dougherty County Schools teacher Audrianna Cobb-Williams testified Friday, Oct. 31 in her trial for a charge of first-degree sexual contact by an employee or agent.
Cobb-Williams was arrested in 2023 after a picture allegedly showing her kissing Jaquan Maddox was leaked. Maddox was a student at Monroe Comprehensive High School, where Cobb-Williams worked as a teacher at the time.
At around 11 a.m. on Friday, she took the stand to testify on her own behalf.
During her testimony, Cobb-Williams admitted to kissing Maddox but denied having sexual intercourse or oral sex with him.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, WALB reported that Cobb Williams’ initial interview with police was played for the jury to hear. At one point, she stated she “didn’t recall,” having sexual intercourse or oral sex with Maddox.
State attorney: “So, then why did you not say it never happened? There wouldn’t have been a motive. That’s a lie.”
Cobb-Williams: “You are absolutely correct. I could have said that.”
State attorney: “But you didn’t, did you?”
Cobb-Williams: “I did not. Because again— if you are not in that room with me, you cannot tell me how I’m feeling. Even with you looking at how I’m sitting, how I’m looking. You cannot tell me how I’m feeling in that moment. Or how I could have or should have responded if you were not in that room with me.”
State attorney: “But you never said ‘no’ did you?”
Cobb-Williams: “I did not. I said I do not recall because I know that it did not happen.”
State attorney: “So why not just say ‘no, it did not happen’ like you just said to the jury?”
Cobb-Williams: “Again— I will repeat this same thing that I just said. It’s easy to say after the fact what you could have said. I’m pretty sure there’s been plenty of times when you said ‘dang, I should’ve said that.’ But in this case, I did not say what I should have said!”
When asked by the defense why she chose to testify, Cobb-Williams said she wanted her voice heard by the jury.
“I want to testify to the jury because they’re the ones going to be judging me,” Cobb-Williams said. “Almost two years of being involved in the case, I have been silent, and today, I want my voice heard.”
The trial is ongoing. Stay with us.
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