House arrest

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office while working as a featured extra on a Christmas movie set at a horse farm in Paris, Kentucky, after a tip alerted deputies to his location. He was booked into a local detention center before being transferred to the Louisville Metro Detention Center on a charge tied to a Jefferson Family Court contempt order. He later appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs.

Judge Angela Johnson ruled Bevin must serve the full 60-day sentence, rejecting his attorney's request for home detention, saying he had shown "complete disregard" for the court. The contempt stemmed from Bevin's repeated failure to turn over financial records and appear at hearings in a child support dispute brought by his son Jonah, one of four children the Bevins adopted from Ethiopia, who alleges he was abandoned at an abusive, now-closed Jamaican facility. Johnson said she may revisit the sentence in 30 days; it remains appealable. Bevin served as governor from 2015 to 2019.