Fabian Shepard was the Chair of the Johnson County, Kansas, Republicans. He also ran for an at-large seat on Shawnee Mission School District school board in 2017. He came in fourth with 13.75% of the vote in a five-way contest. In 2021, a fellow Republican party officer filed a battery complaint with the Bonner Springs police claiming he forcibly kissed her outside an anti-abortion fundraising event in Bonner Springs.
Shepard resigned when the accusation became public. State Party Chair Michael Kuckelman was unhappy the press became involved even though if he had done his job as Chair, the press would have never heard about it.
- Shawnee Mission Post: WyCo party official files police report accusing JoCo GOP chairman of forcibly kissing her
- WIBW: GOP leader in Kansas accuses another of forcibly kissing her
- Kansas City Star: JoCo GOP chair resigns after accusations he forcibly kissed other Kansas GOP official
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri · Monday, October 04, 202