Boxing Coach Reveals Kohberger’s Claims of Competition Were Exaggerated

Numerous defense witnesses for Bryan Kohberger are hesitant to travel to Idaho to testify in his forthcoming murder trial. Among them is his old boxing coach, who informed a judge in Pennsylvania that Kohberger never competed but merely used the gym for workouts.

Jesse Harris, who owns a boxing gym and works as a contractor, was someone Kohberger claimed he trained with during his teenage years. Harris requested that a Pennsylvania judge quash his subpoena, citing undue hardship due to the long period of almost 15 years since he last interacted with the 30-year-old Kohberger.

Harris also revealed that his wife is battling cancer, making it impossible for him to leave his business, even for “20 minutes,” let alone for the duration required to travel to and from Boise.

He said he never met Kohberger. The judge declared the current subpoena invalid but gave Kohberger’s lawyers a chance to amend it. Vecchio is due back in court next week. He said his 88-year-old father is “homebound” and in poor health.

William Searfoss, a jail guard who preserved Kohberger’s records from a brief stay in Pennsylvania lockup before his extradition to Idaho, will likely not need to appear. Kohberger’s attorneys need to subpoena those records themselves and not the correction officer who maintains them. He’s due back in court next week, and Kohberger’s lawyers will subpoena the records directly.

Witness William Searfoss exits the courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2025. Searfoss is being summoned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to testify at the trial for alleged murderer Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of stabbing four college students to death in Idaho. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

Maggie Sanders was unavailable for Monday’s hearing due to international travel. She is due in court on July 7. Her connection to Kohberger remains unclear.

Ann Parham, an advisor at Kohberger’s former high school, was ordered to testify before Monday’s hearing and will be present at trial.