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\nAfter 13 days, former governor Matt Bevin walked free from the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (09\/16).<\/p>\n
\nAfter 13 days, former governor Matt Bevin walked free from the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (09\/16).<\/p>\n
Bevin is a free man after a Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Allison Jones granted his emergency release late Wednesday, stating his incarceration could be unlawful. Bevin was serving a 60-day sentence, all part of an ongoing child support case.<\/p>\n
Family Court Judge Angela Johnson found Bevin in contempt of court, issuing a warrant for his arrest in June. He was arrested September 4 in Bourbon County while working as an extra on a Christmas movie. <\/p>\n
In court, Judge Johnson said Bevin constantly failed to turn over key financial documents related to his child support case.<\/p>\n
Bevin had petitioned the court September 9 to stop enforcing the judge’s arrest warrant and incarceration terms so that he could be released from the jail.<\/p>\n
Attorney Nick Mudd says the court will need to specify whether or not this is a civil or criminal case. <\/p>\n
He also explains that in future hearings, the court will need to decide what specific documents Bevin needs to become compliant.<\/p>\n
The appeals court said Bevin proved that he was never given a chance to fight the contempt charge, but Mudd says this does not excuse Bevin from ignoring Judge Johnson’s order.
\nSource: WHAS11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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