Former Girl Scout Leader Gets 25 Years for Child Molestation

A Kennesaw woman who was once the leader of a local Girl Scout troop will spend 25 years behind bars for molesting a girl starting when the girl was 12 years old, Cobb District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. announced Thursday.

Allison Wean, 46, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of child molestation.

Cobb Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill sentenced Wean to 25 years in prison followed by life on probation.

Investigators learned during their investigation that Wean groomed and sexually abused a minor under the age of 16 beginning in 2014.

That year, Wean’s then-husband confronted her with photos showing her and the girl she molested spooning, along with messages found on Wean’s iPad exchanged between her and the young girl. The defendant and her husband divorced after the confrontation.

A Cobb County school representative reported the suspicious and inappropriate behavior to the Cobb County Police Department in December 2014, Broady said. A detective with the Cobb County Police went on to interview the victim’s parents, who defended Wean as a trusted family friend and declined to have their daughter forensically interviewed. The investigation ended at that time.

In 2020, the victim disclosed to a family friend that she and Wean had been in a sexual relationship since she was 12, and the girl was then interviewed at SafePath by a forensic interviewer.

The case against Wean was reopened, as a warrant for her arrest filed on Nov. 17, 2020 indicates. Just under four years later, a 12-person jury found Wean guilty of molesting the girl.

“Every child deserves to grow up in a world free from fear and exploitation,” Broady said. “The conviction of Allison Wean is not just a legal victory; it’s a testament to the resilience of a brave survivor and the unwavering dedication of our law enforcement and legal teams.”

Assistant district attorneys Kristen Judd and Alex Oberkolfer prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. The defendant was represented by Holly Michele Waltman and Clarence O. Taylor, IV.