{"id":694,"date":"2026-09-04T22:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/former-kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-for-child-support-contempt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:50:47","slug":"former-kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-for-child-support-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/04\/former-kentucky-gov-matt-bevin-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-for-child-support-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail for Child Support Contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A judge has sentenced former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin to 60 days in jail without the option of bond, following his arrest on an outstanding warrant related to a child support dispute with his estranged wife.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Judge Angela Johnson delivered the ruling, emphasizing that the Republican former governor has repeatedly shown a complete lack of respect for the court. The decision comes after Bevin was taken into custody due to his failure to comply with existing child support obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Bevin, who served as Kentucky&#8217;s governor from 2019 to 2023, now faces immediate incarceration as a result of the contempt of court charges. The case highlights ongoing legal battles surrounding family support payments that have followed him since leaving office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Angela Johnson denied bail and ordered former Gov. Matt Bevin to serve 60 days in jail, citing his repeated disregard for court orders regarding child support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1611,129,1612,1610,208,1609,36],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-child-support","tag-congress","tag-court-ruling","tag-kentucky","tag-legal","tag-matt-bevin","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}