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HANCOCK COUNTY — One of Rachel Jessup’s fondest childhood memories used to be going to the polls on Election Day with her dad, John Jessup.
Rachel started going to the polls with Jessup, a current Hancock County Commissioner, when she was about the age of a kindergartener. That’s when she tried to convince voters to select her dad over the other candidates when he was running for a state legislative leadership seat.
“‘Please vote for my daddy’ is what I used to say to voters,” Rachel said. “I was a typical 5-year-old kid who idolized my dad, and as I got older I always supported his political runs because I was his go-to person going to the polls with him. I was a daddy’s girl.”
Rachel, now a 22-year-old college student, is trying to forget Jessup, a man she now calls “John” instead of “Dad.” Rachel is Jessup’s youngest biological daughter and is the woman Jessup is accused of sexually assaulting during a drunken night in Las Vegas in late January.
Jessup was arrested and charged this past summer in June after officials in Las Vegas say he sexually assaulted his daughter there following a drunken night on the town. Jessup is accused of getting his daughter so drunk that she passed out, and then taking advantage of her against her knowledge or will.
During the recent general election — despite reports of the sexual assault — the community voted for Jessup to become a member of the Hancock County Council starting Jan. 1, 2025.
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Records show Jessup, 49, pleaded guilty in Nevada court on 13 November to attempted sexual assault, which is a kind of felony that can carry multiple years in prison, according to state law.
Indiana prohibits convicted felons from serving in state or local elected offices
Rachel started going to the polls with Jessup, a current Hancock County Commissioner, when she was about the age of a kindergartener. That’s when she tried to convince voters to select her dad over the other candidates when he was running for a state legislative leadership seat.
“‘Please vote for my daddy’ is what I used to say to voters,” Rachel said. “I was a typical 5-year-old kid who idolized my dad, and as I got older I always supported his political runs because I was his go-to person going to the polls with him. I was a daddy’s girl.”
Rachel, now a 22-year-old college student, is trying to forget Jessup, a man she now calls “John” instead of “Dad.” Rachel is Jessup’s youngest biological daughter and is the woman Jessup is accused of sexually assaulting during a drunken night in Las Vegas in late January.
Jessup was arrested and charged this past summer in June after officials in Las Vegas say he sexually assaulted his daughter there following a drunken night on the town. Jessup is accused of getting his daughter so drunk that she passed out, and then taking advantage of her against her knowledge or will.
During the recent general election — despite reports of the sexual assault — the community voted for Jessup to become a member of the Hancock County Council starting Jan. 1, 2025.
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Republican who won county seat pleads guilty to sexual assault of daughter
John Jessup to resign as commissioner in Hancock, Indiana, and faces prison after guilty plea over incident in Las VegasRecords show Jessup, 49, pleaded guilty in Nevada court on 13 November to attempted sexual assault, which is a kind of felony that can carry multiple years in prison, according to state law.
Indiana prohibits convicted felons from serving in state or local elected offices
