Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday in Paris by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office due to an outstanding bench warrant, then booked into a Louisville jail that evening.

Bevin was arrested on the set of a Christmas movie being filmed at a Paris horse farm estate. According to Jessica Mohr, the owner of the Houstondale , the former governor was playing the role of a  featured extra  on camera.

Booking photo / Jailtracker Matt Bevin was arrested in Paris, Kentucky by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, September 3, 2026.

 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.  And then there he was, and he was sitting there speaking to the lead male actor, and yeah, he was arrested. 

The former governor had an active bench warrant against him in Jefferson County, where a judge found him in contempt of court for not turning over required financial documents to the court in his divorce and child support case.

Sheriff Tony Asbury said in a press release they received a tip that Bevin was  a participant in a film project  being filmed there and had an arrest warrant, which is information they verified before arresting him at the set.

 The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office contacted Former Governor Bevin at the location reported and he was taken into custody shortly after and lodged into the Bourbon-Nicholas County Region Detention Center without any issues as Bevin was very cooperative,  Asbury stated.

Bevin was booked into the Louisville Metro Detention Center Thursday evening, where he was charged with resistance to a court order .

Kentucky Public Radio was the first to report Thursday that Bevin was arrested on the film set where he was playing an extra.

Mohr said cable television company Great American Family was filming its latest movie at their property, called   The Greatest Christmas Gift of All . 

 My understanding is that originally (law enforcement) knew where he was because he posted a picture of himself with the (lead) actor,  Mohr said.  I'm pretty 

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