Previously convicted offender faces new sex abuse charges in Lexington, records show
A Lexington man who was previously convicted on two sex-related crimes has been accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 12, according to court documents.
John Ault, 61, has been charged with four counts of sexual abuse on a victim under the age of 12 and three counts of sodomy on a victim under the age of 12, according to court records. Ault is a registered sex offender, according to state records.
According to court documents, Ault sexually abused his victim for a span of nearly four years between May 2015 and May 2019. The child was between the ages of 5 and 9 when the abuse took place.
Ault was charged with four counts of sexual abuse and three counts of sodomy because that’s all the instances that the victim could remember, but it is believed there were several more incidents not disclosed, according to court documents.
Ault was taken to the Fayette County Detention Center and held on a $40,000 bond, according to jail records.
The day after the victim said the alleged abuse stopped, Ault was charged with use of electronics to procure a minor for sex after it was discovered he planned to meet up with a 12-year-old girl at a dollar store in Lincoln County. The next day Ault was charged with possessing/viewing matter portraying sexual performance by a minor, according to court records.
Ault was sentenced to two years in prison for both charges in March 2020, according to court documents. Ault’s supervision date on the sex offender registry began in October 2021 and is scheduled to end in October 2026.
This story was originally published June 7, 2022 at 10:28 AM.
