Travis Fieldgrove was jailed for two years after he admitted having sex with and marrying his own daughter, Samantha Kershner (Pictures: Hall County Sheriff’s Office)

A father who had sex with his own daughter before marrying her has been jailed for two years.

Travis Fieldgrove was locked up Thursday after beginning a relationship with daughter Samantha Kershner, 21, in early 2018.

They met for the first time in 2016, when Kershner was 17 and asked her mother to put her in touch with her real father.

She is then said to have had a ‘jealous competition’ with her half sister to see who could have sex with Fieldgrove first.


Kershner’s horrified mother discovered the sexual relationship last September, and reported the pair to police.

Fieldgrove was sentenced to jail Thursday, and will spend just 144 days in jail before being released on license (Picture: NTV)

Fieldgrove’s defense attorney Jeff Loeffler told a court in Grand Island, Nebraska, that the incest dad was mortified by what happened, and blamed his behavior on a brain injury.



Loeffler said: ‘He’s very embarrassed and wishes it never happened…He’s certainly not a high functioning guy.’

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The attorney also disputed claims Kershner was the ‘victim,’ saying she was happy to consent to sex with her father.

Judge Mark Young hit out at Fieldgrove for looking on the entire world as being available for his sexual gratification, NTV reported.

He added: ‘Your decision is going to have long lasting impacts on your victim, and you’re a person who’s never contributed to society but that doesn’t mean you can’t.’

Fieldgrove struck a plea deal which saw him admit incest in return for two years behind bars.

He has already served 121 days in jail, with the sentence only requiring him to spend another 144 days on bail before being released on license.

Fieldgrove must then wear a GPS tracker for 90 days, and was ordered to have no contact with his daughter.

Kershner has also been charged with having sex with her dad.

She is set to take a plea deal next month which should see the allegation of incest reduced to misdemeanor false reporting.