Jeremy Green Trial Underway in Hart County Superior Court

The trial for the Hart County man accused of molesting and grooming one of his gymnastics students is underway in Hart County Superior Court in Hartwell.

Jeremy Green was arrested in June 2021 and later indicted on charges of felony statutory rape, child molestation, sodomy, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and criminal attempt to commit a felony.

Green was released on a $250,000 bond in June 2021 but has been under house arrest ever since.

The six-count indictment alleges Green molested and raped “a teenage girl under the age of 16 from July 2015 to November 2015.”

That girl was later identified as Jennifer Cobb who came forward in 2021 to report the alleged crime against her.

Green has pled not guilty.

Jennifer Cobb committed suicide in June 2021 shortly after Green was released on bond.

His trial was to have begun last October but a new Judge was assigned to the case.

Court records show the trial was set to start today in Hart County Superior Court, but because a new judge has been assigned to the case it was pushed back to 2026.

The Judge overseeing the trial is retired Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Craig from Augusta.

Judge Craig asked for a continuance saying he needed time to study the case before it went to trial.

Green’s attorneys have filed multiple motions for a change of venue claiming their client could not get a fair trial in Hart County because of pretrial publicity but they were denied.

Since their daughter’s death, Jennifer’s parents have worked to make grooming minors for sexual purposes a felony in Georgia.

In 2024, HB993, authored by State Representative Alan Powell, passed in both houses and was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp.

As of July 1, 2024, any person who commits such a crime will be subject to felony imprisonment of one to five years.