Jessica Hahn

Jessica Hahn
Born	July 7, 1959 (1959-07-07) (age 52) Massapequa, New York, United States
Years active	1991–1996
Partner	Ron Leavitt 1991-2008 (his death)

Jessica Hahn (born July 7, 1959) is an American model and actress. She is best known for a sex scandal involving televangelist Jim Bakker while she was employed as a church secretary.

Jim Bakker scandal

Hahn first came to public attention following Bakker's announcement on March 19, 1987 that he was stepping down as head of PTL and Heritage USA, pending the imminent disclosure of the sexual encounter. According to Hahn, on the afternoon of December 6, 1980, when she was a 21-year-old church secretary, she was drugged and raped by Bakker and another preacher, John Wesley Fletcher, for "about 15 minutes."^[1] In his 1997 book, I Was Wrong, Bakker disputed Hahn's account, claiming that he was "set up" and that the sex was consensual.^[2]

Acting and modelling career

After the public revelation of the Bakker scandal, Hahn posed for Playboy magazine pictorials and videos and appeared in several television shows, including Married... with Children.

Personal life

Hahn was born in Massapequa, New York. She had a relationship with comedian Sam Kinison and appeared in his music video for "Wild Thing" in 1988. From 1991, she had a relationship with the co-creator of Married...with Children, Ron Leavitt, which continued until Leavitt's death in 2008.^[3]

Filmography

• Hollywood: The Movie (1996) (V) as Esther
• Unhappily Ever After as Miss Taylor (3 episodes, 1995)
• Amanda & the Alien (1995) (TV) as TV Host
• Blossom as Girl #1 (1 episode, 1992)
• Dream On as Reporter 1 (1 episode, 1992)
• Bikini Summer II (1992) as Marilyn
• Married... with Children as Ricki (1 episode, 1991)
• "Brittania Video" directed by Bryan Michael Stoller 1990

Further reading

• Richard N. Ostling (April 6, 1987). "TV's Unholy Row: A sex-and-money scandal tarnishes electronic evangelism". Time. http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,963939,00.html?internalid=ACA. 
• "Magazine Buys Story From Jessica Hahn". The New York Times. July 14, 1987. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DB1438F937A25754C0A961948260. 
• Andrew L. Yarrow (September 28, 1987). "Celebrities of Summer Are Cashing In". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40716FC355C0C7B8EDDA00894DF484D81. 
• "Church Chat, Season 13: Episode 6, Saturday Night Live transcript". December 5, 1987. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/87/87fchurchchat.phtml. 
• "Judge Orders Ex-PTL Secretary To Repay Hush Money to Ministry". New York Times. July 21, 1988. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0711FB3E590C728EDDAE0894D0484D81. 
• "Transcript of interview with Larry King". CNN. July 14, 2005. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0507/14/lkl.01.html. 

References

1. ^ "Larry King Live Interview with Jessica Hahn (rush transcript)". CNN. July 14, 2005. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0507/14/lkl.01.html. Retrieved July 29, 2007. 
2. ^ Jim Bakker (1997). I Was Wrong: The Untold Story of the Shocking Journey from PTL Power to Prison and Beyond. Thomas Nelson. pp. 512. ISBN 978-0785271369. 
3. ^ MarksFriggin.com - Howard Stern Show News

External links

• Jessica Hahn at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hahn, Jessica
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Date of birth	July 7, 1959
Place of birth	Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA
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