Overview

• White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Saturday the administration is looking into Ronald Exantus’s release.
• Exantus was freed Oct. 1 after serving about eight years of a 20-year sentence tied to assault convictions, while a 2018 jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in the child’s death.
• He is under mandatory reentry supervision in Florida for six months under the interstate compact and will remain under supervision until his sentence ends in June 2026, according to reporting.
• Kentucky officials said the Parole Board denied parole on Sept. 30, yet state law required the Department of Corrections to place him on Mandatory Reentry Supervision.
• The Tipton family has voiced fear for their safety, and the case drew wider attention after commentator Matt Walsh highlighted it on social media.