The incest scandal started in Dubbo. 😱
Incest scandal began with trip to zoo - IT STARTED HERE
09 April 2008 - 9:49AM
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An incestuous relationship between a father and a daughter began in Dubbo, the father’s second wife has claimed.
John Earnest Deaves and his daughter from his first marriage, Jennifer Anne Deaves, have had two children from their eight-year affair, with one child, a girl, dying a few days after birth from a congenital heart disease.
Deaves’ second wife Dorothy, who runs a wildlife sanctuary in South Australia, yesterday told the Nine Network the two began their relationship while in Dubbo.
They came to Dubbo to visit Taronga Western Plains Zoo, she said.
She said the relationship between father and daughter began in 2000 when Deaves made a business trip to the zoo, which had been paid for by Jennifer who met him there.
Dorothy said Deaves had returned to Adelaide and told her he had slept with his daughter, whose marriage was breaking up.
“It was very traumatic, you just don’t know what to say,†she said. “You feel sick, you just don’t know which way to turn, it was so heartbreaking, just too much to take in.â€Â
A zoo spokesperson said a search of records had not shown any connection between the zoo and the couple, and it meant they probably visited as private citizens.
The daughter from Deaves’ second marriage has been traumatised to learn of her father’s incestuous relationship with the daughter from his first marriage.
Their daughter had not known of his relationship until it was aired on television this week.
The couple claim they started their relationship after being reunited in 2000, almost 30 years after Mr Deaves separated from Jennifer’s mother.
But Dorothy said the two had met at a wedding in Sydney when Jennifer was 15 years old.
“She came and stayed with us for a week the following year and up until 2000 she stayed with us four times,†said Dorothy. “There was full contact all the time.â€Â
She said she worried about the effect the relationship will have on her children.
“His youngest daughter (from his second marriage) didn’t even know they were together and she is really traumatised - she is hurting terribly,†Dorothy said.
