Kennesaw man convicted of molesting former girlfriend’s daughters

A Cobb County jury found Brian Young, of Kennesaw, guilty on two counts of child molestation last week and sentenced him to 38 years in prison. 

According to Cobb District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr., Young, 49, was accused by his former girlfriend of sexually abusing her daughters from Sept. 2011 to March 2015. Young lived with the woman and her daughters in an apartment in Cobb County during this time. 

In 2018, one of the woman’s daughters, then 13 years old, revealed to her mom that Young had been sexually abusing her since she was eight. While investigating the allegations, the victim’s older sister, then 15 years old, revealed that she had also been sexually abused by Young, starting when she was 9 years old. Both girls testified during the trial where they told of continued abuse even after they moved to Paulding County, where they no longer lived in the same household as him. The jury hearing the case returned with a verdict of guilty on all counts of the indictment and Judge LaTain Kell sentenced Young to 38 years in prison. 

David Bailey, a prosecutor in the DA’s Office, said the man convicted in the case “took his sickness and infected everyone around him.” Said Bailey, “I commend the bravery of these two young survivors for sharing their truth.”