Email from Bevin’s account accuses estranged son of trying to ‘shake parents down for money’

By: Deborah Yetter

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 959

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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An email Friday from former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s personal account to various media outlets, blasts lawyers for his estranged son, Jonah Bevin, for making “FALSE STATEMENTS” to the media and accuses Jonah of trying “TO SHAKE HIS PARENTS DOWN FOR MONEY.”

The two-page email, mostly in capital letters, repeats attacks on Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson, who oversees the case in which Jonah, 19, seeks support from his divorced parents. It calls …

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