Kentucky Sheriff's Office Clarifies Role Amid Husband's Connection to Incest Case

A Kentucky sheriff's office has released a statement clarifying its connection to the husband of a woman accused of sexually abusing a child under 12. As previously reported, Lauren Winans, from Bardstown, was arrested on Thursday on charges of incest, sexual abuse, and first-degree sodomy involving a child under 12. According to an indictment returned by a Nelson County grand jury, she is accused of committing sexual offenses against a child under 12 between January 1, 2022, and November 20, 2022.

Lauren Winans could face life in prison for alleged child sex offenses. Credit: Nelson County Sheriff's Department Per The New York Post , the indictment alleges that Winans "committed the offense of sodomy in the first degree by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse with C. G.

W. , a person less than twelve years of age". The 31-year-old is also accused of incest, with the indictment claiming that she "committed the offense of incest when she had sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person whom she knew to be an ancestor who was less than twelve years of age.