LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman called a judge's sentence for a man convicted of sex crimes and unlawful abuse of judicial discretion and appealed Tuesday to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Christopher Thompson, 24, was convicted of sodomy, sexual abuse, robbery and kidnapping in December.
Christopher Thompson in court for his sentencing before Jefferson County Judge Tracy Davis for a violent kidnapping and sexual assault in 2023. (WDRB Image from court video) Feb. 9, 2026
A jury recommended a 65-year sentence, but Jefferson Circuit Judge Tracy Davis ultimately sentenced Thompson to 30 years, plus an additional four years and 120 days for multiple counts of criminal contempt stemming from his behavior during sentencing.
"Before we even get appearances, Mr. Thompson, I'm going to need you to be respectful," Davis told him.
Thompson responded with a string of obscenities and threats, at one point telling the judge to "eat a d***" and adding, "If I could spit on you, I would."
Jefferson County Judge Tracy Davis during sentencing for Christopher Thompson for a violent kidnapping and sexual assault in 2023. (WDRB Image from court video) Feb. 9, 2026
The cursing and derogatory remarks continued through most of the sentencing hearing.
Despite the outbursts, Davis said her sentencing decision was based on Thompson's circumstances, not his behavior in the courtroom.
Court documents say Thompson kidnapped the woman in her own vehicle and forced her to perform oral sex on him in a school parking lot. Then, he drove her to an ATM, robbed the woman, drove back to the school lot and sodomized her at gunpoint again.
Coleman said the sentence does not reflect the gravity of the crimes or the harms to the victim and her family.
“In our system of justice, we respect the jury’s voice as representatives of the community,” Coleman said in a news release. “Unfortunately, the trial judge disregarded the jury’s recommendation and gave a sentence that does not at all reflect the gravity of the crimes or the harms to the victim and her family. Together with Jefferson County’s elected felony prosecutor, Gerina Whethers, we are appealing this sentence to give this family the justice the jury recommended and they deserve.”
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