Jennifer Anne Deaves

- Gave birth to two children by her father, John DeavesNineMSN: Mother glad truth about incest couple is out
- Arrested in 2007NineMSN: Mother glad truth about incest couple is out
- Stayed with her father and his ex-wife four times before their marriage endedNews.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
- First child, Jackson, died of congenital heart disease in 2001FOXNews: Incest Couple: Society Has a Problem, Not Us
- Second child was nine months old as of April 7, 2008News.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
- Arrested in 2007NineMSN: Mother glad truth about incest couple is out
- John Deaves ex-wife denies that he and his daughter were apart for 30 yearsNews.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
- Pled guilty on two counts of incestuous actNews.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
- Found guilty of incest
- Sentenced to 3-year good behavior bondNews.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
- Being monitored by policeNews.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'

On April 6, 2008, Australia's Channel Nine reported on the 60 Minutes program that Jennifer Anne Deaves, 39, and her father John, 61, both of South Australia, had each been convicted in March of two counts of incest, after having conceived two children in a consensual relationship.
Backstory

Before they became a couple, the two had been estranged since Jennifer's infancy. At the age of 31, she reunited with her father, beginning a sexual relationship with him just two weeks after their reunion. Both were married at the time, and both ended their marriages shortly after meeting.The Australian: Couple give 60 Minutes 1.5m viewers
Children

Though it was originally reported that the pair has had one child, a daughter named Celeste, court documents revealed that a previous child died of a congenital disease soon after birth.News.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years' Later interviews with John Deaves' ex-wife Dorothy showed that, contrary to their testimony, the father-daughter couple had had contact numerous times before they began their adulterous relationship.News.com.au: Incest couple 'not apart for 30 years'
Controversy

A Channel Nine report, available online, includes an interview with the couple, along with footage of their daughter. The program earned the network 1.5 million viewers, the highest ratings in that time slot.The Australian: Couple give 60 Minutes 1.5m viewers On April 9, The Brisbane Times reported that Channel Nine, who had paid the couple for the interview, was under police investigation regarding an Australian law that criminals are not allowed to profit from their crimes.Brisbane Times: 60 Minutes investigated over incest pair payment
Quotes from TV Interview
"It's everybody else out there in society that has the problem, we don't have the problem." —Jennifer Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love
"I was looking at him, sort of going, oh, he's not too bad...like you might look at a man across the bar at a nightclub." —Jennifer Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love
"We are just asking for a little bit of respect and understanding." —Jennifer Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love
"We don't see each other as father and daughter. I don't see John as my father, even though he is my biological father." —Jennifer Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love
"I met Jennifer and I realized she was a beautiful, desirable woman." —John Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love
"Of course I knew it was illegal, but you know, so what." —John Deaves60 Minutes: Forbidden Love