FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today that action from the Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Special Prosecutions Unit resulted in the indictment of Zachary King, 47, former executive pastor of LexCity Church, on seven felony counts, including rape.
On August 13, 2024, a Fayette County Grand Jury indicted King on:
- One count of Rape First Degree (Class B Felony)
- One count of Sodomy First Degree (Class B Felony)
- One count of Unlawful Use of Electronic Means to Induce a Minor to Engage in Sexual or Other Prohibited Activities (Class B Felony)
- One count of Unlawful Transaction with A Minor First Degree with a Victim Under 18 (Class C Felony)
- One count of Rape Third Degree (Class D Felony)
- One count of Sodomy Third Degree (Class D Felony)
- One count of Sexual Abuse First Degree (Class D Felony)
The Attorney General’s DCI investigated the case with support from the Lexington Police Department. Assistant Attorney General Todd Willard presented the case to the Fayette County Grand Jury on behalf of the Commonwealth.
The Kentucky Supreme Court’s rule on trial publicity limits information the Office can provide publicly.
The charges in an indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
