LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) — Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has been ordered arrested after a Jefferson Circuit Court judge found he failed to comply with court-ordered document production in an ongoing family court case.
In an Order of Arrest issued Friday, Jefferson Circuit Family Court Judge Angela Johnson directed all peace officers in Kentucky to arrest Bevin and bring him before the court. The order states Bevin is to serve 60 days in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and pay a $500 fine.
According to the order, Bevin failed to meet a noon June 5 deadline to provide documents the court had previously ordered him to produce. The deadline was established during a May 29 hearing and memorialized in a written order entered June 1.
The arrest order came shortly after Judge Johnson denied an emergency motion filed by Bevin seeking additional time to comply and a stay of the June 1 order.
In that ruling, the judge noted that Bevin had been directed to exchange financial documents for more than a year and had been given multiple opportunities to comply with court orders. The court found that Bevin's request for more time was filed only minutes before the deadline expired and did not adequately explain why the remaining records could not be produced.
The underlying case involves Bevin, his former wife, Glenna Bevin, and their son, Jonah Bevin, who is participating in the proceedings as an intervening petitioner.
Court records indicate the dispute over document production remains ongoing.





