Son Gets Protective Order Against GOP Ex-Governor

March 22, 2025 Republicans, Scandal

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports:

Jonah Bevin, adopted son of former Gov. Matt Bevin, said he was seeking a protective order against his dad because of a pattern of “manipulative” and “intimidating” behavior, which included threatening to euthanize Jonah’s dog. Jonah, 18, appeared alongside Bevin and former Kentucky first lady Glenna Bevin in a Jefferson Family Court in downtown Louisville Friday morning.

Judge Angela Johnson entered an emergency protective order sought by Jonah on March 7, ordering Matt Bevin to have no contact with Jonah, to remain at least 500 feet away from him, and to surrender any firearms in his possession. Neither Matt nor his ex-wife Glenna had extensive contact with Jonah for months until recently, when they both contacted him about traveling to Ethiopia to visit his birth mother, whom Jonah had long been told was dead, he testified Friday.

Read the full article. It’s quite a story.

Last year Bevin was barred from his now ex-wife’s home due to an alleged “pattern of harassment.” Bevin last appeared here in 2019 when in his final act as governor, he pardoned a killer whose family raised money to retire Bevin’s campaign debt. Earlier that year, Bevin earned national headlines when he said that he’d deliberately exposed his nine children to chicken pox.



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