LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was sentenced to 60 days in jail Tuesday by a Louisville family court judge who previously found him in contempt of court for failing to disclose financial information in a year-long legal battle with his son.
Last week, an emergency motion was filed by Bevin's estranged son, Jonah Bevin, to find the former Kentucky governor in contempt of court. The motion accused Bevin of not providing financial information he was required by the court to submit as part of an ongoing legal battle.
Matt and Glenna Bevin were ordered to turn in detailed financial disclosures. She did so, but the motion said Matt Bevin provided incomplete and redacted documents.
"Counsel for Jonah received an incomplete submission on March 13, 2026, a full day after the deadline passed," court documents state.
"His tardy submission, tendered only to counsel for Jonah, contained multiple redactions for the addresses of properties other than Matt’s current residential address and lacked many of the required attachments demonstrating his income."
Court documents show an active bench warrant for his arrest was issued Tuesday.
"Every litigant in the commonwealth has to provide such information," Johnson told Bevin in court Tuesday, according to the Kentucky Lantern. "I cannot treat Mr. Bevin or Mrs. Bevin any differently."
According to court documents, Bevin was given a 10 a.m. Tuesday deadline to provide the documents requested by the judge.Â
Bevin appeared in court via Zoom on Tuesday. According to court documents, he said he was in Oklahoma attending the funeral of his ex-wife's father. Jefferson County Family Court Judge Angela Johnson gave him an ultimatum: turn over the documents and pay a $500 fine, or go to jail for 60 days.
Jonah Bevin accused his parents of sending him to an abusive boarding school when he was a teenager. He's also made accusations of emotional and physical abuse, and obtained an emergency protective order against Matt Bevin.
"If I had a kid in a program and was told there was abuse, I would’ve flown there as fast as I could and left with my child, but that did not happen," said Jonah Bevin.`
Last year, a judge granted Jonah Bevin, a Motion to Intervene in his parent's divorce case after Jonah filed an Emergency Protective Order against Matt and Glenna Bevin, claiming he was mistreated and abandoned in Jamaica as a minor.
His attorney, Melina Hettiaratchi, said the ruling is long overdue.
"Jonah feels this is perhaps Matt Bevin finally getting some of his due," Hettiaratchi said.
She said Jonah has relied on others for support over the past year while seeking child support through his parents’ divorce case.
"Essentially, he's lived off the good graces of another family for the last year," Hettiaratchi said.
The Bevins, who are officially divorced, had nine children together, including four adopted children.
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