Former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin arrested in Bourbon County

newsSep 3, 202626590

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday in Paris by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Louisville Metro Detention Center, where he was charged with resistance to a court order. Officers arrested Bevin while he was reportedly working as an extra on the set of a Christian film locally reported to be Great American Family’s The Greatest Christmas Gift of All. The arrest followed an active Jefferson County bench warrant after Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson found Bevin in contempt for failing to turn over required financial documents in his divorce and child support case. Johnson issued two arrest warrants over the summer, the first for failing to appear at a May hearing and the second in June over the undisclosed financial disclosures; Johnson sentenced Bevin on June 6 to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. Bevin did not appear in person at a July 28 hearing in Louisville, where his ex-wife Glenna Bevin and estranged son Jonah Bevin testified; Jonah is seeking child support and has alleged he was abandoned at a Jamaican facility that was later shut down. The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately comment to reporters.

Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was reportedly arrested while playing an extra on the set a Christian film

2532h ago

Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️19

Now that's a buried lede! arrested for contempt for not turning over req'd fin'l docs in his divorce & child support case Son "seeking child support from his parents" bc they alleged abandoned him "in a notoriously abusive Jamaican facility for troubled youth that was shut down while he was there"

Razzball8

Matt, in a lamb costume, “you got me”

Bootbarnbitch, post-menopausal woman supporter7

Well god forbid he cough up the child support

Equal Under THEE Law 🪷🇺🇦5

Matt Bevin, who inspired state Republicans to say, "I guess voters think it's better to be a Democrat than an asshole."

Capricious3

Estranged son, "Jonah is seeking child support from his parents due to the Bevins allegedly abandoning him in a notoriously abusive Jamaican facility for troubled youth that was shut down while he was there."

nyk44.bsky.social2

Oh God, Christian movies are the worst

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Alissa McLean5

I’m really over this sick national carnival ride we’re all on. Make it stop.

Cyd Harrell5

the number of times I have said "they what now?" since getting home & opening the personal-capacity laptop...is a lot of times 😵‍💫

treaty of frrms (42069)4

Oh, shit. Fingers crossed for the adopted kids

Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️3

Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies2

MATTY BOY GOT HIMSELF ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT There's far better ways to become a Real Kentuckian, but this does count.

Kentucky Public Radio

@kentuckypublicradio.org

As first reported by Kentucky Public Radio, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.

524h ago

Holly3

This story has gone on for way too long. Finally, he is arrested (while working as an extra on a Christian-based Christmas movie?). Ack.

kentopolis.bsky.social1

Seems like a good guy

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Joe Sonka 😐252

OK, four hours later than I though, I am finally driving home from Frankfort. If more Bevin news breaks in the next hour and you have my cell, call me.

vantazach5

we are NOT making movies. we're making films.

Jean Marbella3

Everything about this story is 😵‍💫 but most especially this: ´The first warrant was for Bevin’s failure to appear in person for a May court hearing, which he blamed on a “very large boulder” going through his vacation home in Maine.´

Holy Chitta2

Thank god this man has finally been arrested. He is horrid. What he did to his adopted son makes my blood boil. May be reap what he sows. POS

🏳️‍⚧️Manticorn☸️2

Kentucky has our very own George Santos

Marta Jewson

@martajewson.bsky.social

Idk why, but this should be the lead “Bevin was reportedly arrested while playing an extra on the set of a Christian film production there.”

402h ago

Joe Sonka 😐

@joesonka.lpm.org

Update: Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has now been booked into Louisville Metro Jail

312h ago

Spencer’s Butte’s Shadow2

for ognoring judge in his child custody lawsuit. arrested while acting in a christian movie.

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Misky4

This story gets better with each line. I LOVE this for him.

assbutt

@nasboat.org

one thing that’s really funny to me about this is someone on that Christian film set absolutely called the cops to tell them this asshole was there. that’s how well-liked Matt Bevin is here.

304h ago

Bad news Matt, this Christian movie hired some Actual Christians to work the set and they're familiar with your body of work

Liz Roscher2

Jesus Christ, THAT’S why he was arrested? That’s the most embarrassing shit ever

Sarah1

Somewhere in the background of Teenjus, Matt Bevin hides from the law! (Only to be arrested after the musical number. ) youtu.be/oB2tzJ-4rno?...

Gabriel Malor

@gabrielmalor.bsky.social

"Bevin was reportedly arrested while playing an extra on the set of a Christian film production there." "divorce and child support case." 🤮

252h ago

Dawn

@502eire.bsky.social

yes I have heard that Matt Bevin got arrested on the set of a Great American Family movie and it’s hard not to feel like the Main Character when this happens in my life

272h ago

abby (sports)

@stabbyabby.bsky.social

Getting arrested while on the film set of a Christian film is one of many things I have hoped would happen to Matt Bevin

173h ago

wizardry variants kib

@kib.bsky.social

If you didn't follow the Jonah Bevin case you should know that Matt Bevin's son clawed his way back from a troubled teen camp (with Paris Hiltons help) and Matt Bevin immediately tried to disappear him again

154h ago

They Say

@oracy.bsky.social

Boy, Kentucky really knows how to pick 'em. Matt Bevin, Mitch McConnell, and Rand Paul are real specimens.

153h ago

Tessa Duvall

@tessaduvall.bsky.social

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been arrested in Bourbon County, police dispatchers confirmed Thursday evening.

104h ago

Tessa Duvall4

(Matching/confirming the scoop from @joesonka.lpm.org.)

Kentucky Democrats

@kydemocrats.org

KDP Statement on Arrest of Ralph Alvarado’s Former Running Mate Matt Bevin

63h ago

[email protected]

@keepingtherepublic.bsky.social

Quite a story—being arrested while showing up as an extra on a Christian film www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...

53h ago

𝕮𝖔𝖔𝖕®

@ohnocoop.bsky.social

WAIT A SECOND Matt Bevin got arrested…..while working as an extra on a Christian movie.

101h ago

Nita Cosby

@5-2blue.bsky.social

Former KY Gov Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office The former governor had an active bench warrant against him where a judge found him in contempt of court for not turning over required financial documents to the court in his divorce &child support case. www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...

64h ago

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