Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested on film set

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Today's Top Stories - September 4, 2026

Today's Top Stories - September 4, 2026

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) was arrested Thursday at a movie set over an outstanding warrant in his divorce and child support case.

Bevin was booked into a Louisville jail that evening after the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bevin in Paris, Ky., during the filming of a Christmas movie.

The former governor was playing a “featured extra” in the film and was talking to the film’s lead actor when deputies arrived, property owner Jessica Mohr told Kentucky Public Radio, which first reported the arrest.

“The sheriff showed up and was asking some people if they’d seen his picture, and a young man was like, ‘I think that gentleman’s inside,’” Mohr said.........

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