Greeneville, TN (WOKI) A jury has been seated and opening arguments have been delivered in the first federal trial for accused child rapist, 52-year-old Sean Williams.

The former Johnson City businessman, linked to scores of suspected sexual assaults, is on trial in Greeneville for charges related to his attempted escapes from custody, the most recent of which occurred in October when he escaped from a prisoner transport van and was eventually captured in Florida in November.

Williams is representing himself after multiple attorneys left his case.

He rejected a plea deal Tuesday which would have dropped the charge from an alleged escape in July in exchange for his pleading guilty to the alleged incident in October.