Jessica Hahn, the woman involved in the infamous sex scandal with televangelist Jim Bakker, parlayed her notoriety into film appearances.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.
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.
In his 1997 book, I Was Wrong, Bakker disputed Hahn's account, claiming that he was "set up" and that the sex was consensual.
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.
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
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