Lawmaker dad got daughter drunk in Vegas and took her to strip club for her 21st...then did unspeakable back at hotel
John Jessup, 50, is facing up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter Rachel (pictured together campaigning for him). Rachel said she identified herself as the victim of her father's sex attack after seeing him get re-elected to the Hancock County Council, which she said was 'heartbreaking'
Rachel said that when she woke up and moved, her father stopped. Court records said he then apologized to her, and when he was interviewed by cops months later in May 2024, he insisted he had done 'nothing criminal.'
'(Jessup) told detectives it was just a f*****-up drunk night', prosecutors said, per the Las Vegas Review Journal.
Rachel was adopted by her stepfather the day before the sentencing and now goes by the surname Keesling.
Rachel urged the court to impose the lengthiest possible prison sentence on her father. Prosecutors asked for a sentence of eight-to-20-years, but a judge handed him a sentence of six-to-15-years.
When Jessup was first arrested, it was only reported that he had assaulted a woman in the Vegas hotel room, but Rachel was not identified.
John Jessup, 50, a former Hancock County Commissioner and councilman in Indiana, is facing six to 15 years in prison after admitting to an unspeakable act upon his daughter in Las Vegas.
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