I recently read the book about Sean Williams, the predator that Johnson City officials failed to bring to justice until public outrage demanded it. It is a short book, but it does tell it like it is. It is worth a read. I bought it on Amazon. Details are below.
THE PREDATOR AND THE PROTECTION: The Sean Williams Scandal and the Johnson City Cover-Up
by Mara Kingsley (Author)
When prominent Johnson City businessman Sean Williams was arrested in 2023, federal agents uncovered a digital archive so disturbing it would shatter the myth of his success—and expose a decade of ignored cries for help. Inside his encrypted devices were videos, images, and files cataloging the sexual abuse of unconscious women and minors, many of whom had reported him years earlier, only to be dismissed by local authorities. This book documents the full story: the ignored police reports, the untested rape kits, the whispered warnings that were never followed up. It lays bare the power structures that protected a predator, the survivors who refused to be silent, and the federal investigation that finally forced the truth into the light. Drawing from public records, sworn affidavits, and court transcripts, this is not fiction. It is evidence. It is testimony. And it is a damning account of how city government influence and institutional apathy enabled one of the most disturbing abuse cases in modern East Tennessee history. For every survivor who was told it didn’t happen—this book proves that it did.
Steve Holder 