ATLANTA AP – A friend of the woman charged with conspiring to steal Coca-Cola trade secrets denied Tuesday that he gave the defendant $4,000, contradicting her testimony that money she deposited two weeks before her arrest came from him rather than payment for the scheme.

“Prior to her arrest, did you ever give her $4,000 in cash” Assistant U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak asked Roswell businessman Clifton Carroll, referring to Joya Williams.