BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX News) — Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin was arrested on Thursday by Bourbon County police and now faces one count of contempt of court libel/slander resistance to order.
Bevin was booked later booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on following his arrest.
According to court documents, a bench warrant was active for Bevin's arrest in Jefferson County as a part of an ongoing dissolution of marriage case between Bevin and his ex-wife, Glenna Bevin, over their son, Jonah Bevin.
Louisville Public Media reports that the former governor, who served from 2015 to 2019, was arrested on a Paris movie set where he was playing an extra.
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