LOUISVILLE (03/24/26) — Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has been sentenced to 60 days in jail by a family court judge who previously found him in contempt of court for failing to disclose financial information in a year-long legal dispute involving his son.
Bevin must post a $500 cash bond and turn over the financial information ordered by Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson in order to avoid jail time.
An emergency motion was filed last week by Bevin’s estranged son, Jonah Bevin, asking the court to hold the former governor in contempt. The motion alleged Bevin failed to provide financial information he was ordered by the court to submit as part of the ongoing legal battle.
Both Matt and Glenna Bevin were ordered to submit detailed financial disclosures. Glenna Bevin complied, but Matt Bevin submitted incomplete and redacted documents, according to the motion.
An active bench warrant for his arrest was issued Tuesday, court records state. He must also produce financial documents that would show receipt of income.
Bevin appeared in court via Zoom on Tuesday and said he was in Oklahoma attending the funeral of his ex-wife’s father, according to court records.
Jonah Bevin, who is adopted, has accused his parents of sending him to an abusive boarding school when he was a teenager. He has also made allegations of emotional and physical abuse and obtained an emergency protective order against Matt Bevin.
Last year, a judge granted Jonah Bevin, 19, a Motion to Intervene in his parents’ divorce case after he filed an Emergency Protective Order against Matt and Glenna Bevin, claiming he was mistreated and abandoned in Jamaica as a minor.
The Bevins, who are divorced, had nine children together, including four adopted children.
