A man will serve several decades in prison for beating and hospitalizing a seven woman months pregnant.
According to Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders, a jury convicted 24-year-old Keshaun Simpson of first-degree assault, fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), and being a persistent criminal offender in the second degree.
On Monday, February 9, Kenton County Circuit Court Judge Patricia Summe sentenced Simpson to thirty years in jail.
The assault happened on April 14, 2025.
The next day, Covington police received reports of a possible domestic abuse victim who had been admitted to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Sgt. Austin Ross spoke with the victim at the hospital. Sanders said that her ex-boyfriend, the father of her pregnant kid, assaulted her in her house while her 6-year-old child was present.
The woman informed Sgt. Ross that Simpson beat her with a coat hanger, a bookcase, a heater, and a box fan.
Simpson also used an extension cable to whip the woman, resulting in serious bruising and abrasions all over her body.
Sanders stated that the victim received treatment at the hospital for a brain bleed, a broken finger, and a damaged toe.
“The victim was seven months pregnant at the time, and the assault resulted in premature contractions.” She reported that she took the assault to her back to protect her unborn child and her child at home,” he said.
On April 16, Sgt. Ross interrogated Simpson, who stated that he was never at the victim’s home and had never seen her.
Ross displayed CCTV footage of Simpson walking into and out of the house that night.
He was indicted by a Kenton County Grand Jury in May.
During his trial in November, Simpson told the jury that he remembered everything from that night except the assault. However, he confirmed that he was solely responsible for the victim’s injuries, according to Sanders.
Following a two-day trial, Simpson was found guilty. He requested mercy to care for his children.
“It is offensive to use the child he may have killed as a justification to offer clemency. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Taylor Roof argued that the law was designed to condemn criminals like him while protecting people like her.
Simpson now has three felony assault convictions.
According to the Kenton County Jail records, he is now in custody.
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