LOUISVILLE — A judge sentenced former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to 60 days in jail or $500 cash bond after finding him in contempt of court for failing to disclose his financial details in a year-long legal battle with his estranged son, Jonah Bevin.
It is an extraordinary development for the one-term Republican governor, who the judge said has resisted repeated orders to disclose personal financial details as his adopted son, now 19, seeks support in Jefferson Family Court after alleging that his parents abandoned him.
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