Overview
- Kentucky Public Radio and local dispatchers say Bourbon County deputies took former governor Matt Bevin into custody in Paris, Kentucky, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, while he was reportedly working as an extra on a Christian film.
- The arrest executed a March bench warrant after Jefferson County Family Court Judge Angela Johnson found Bevin in contempt for failing to provide court-ordered financial records in a divorce and child-support case.
- Judge Johnson’s written order threatened 60 days in jail unless Bevin posted a $500 cash bond and turned over bank statements, tax returns and other documents showing income.
- The underlying case centers on Bevin’s 19-year-old son Jonah seeking support and alleging he was abandoned in a now-closed Jamaican youth facility, claims reported by Louisville Public Media that have not been adjudicated in that court.
- Reporters note there has been no public explanation for why the warrant was enforced more than five months after it was issued and the arrest raises the prospect of renewed court action and scrutiny of Bevin’s compliance with disclosure orders.