Kim Davis Faces Contempt Motion Over Unpaid Judgment
Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is facing a motion to hold her in contempt of court for allegedly failing to pay a $565,000 judgment to a same-sex couple she denied a marriage license to in 2015. The couple claims…
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Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is currently facing a motion to hold her in contempt of court. The motion stems from allegations that Davis has failed to pay a $565,000 judgment awarded to a same-sex couple in 2015. At that time, Davis, as clerk, denied the couple a marriage license.
The legal action was initiated by the same-sex couple who obtained the judgment against Davis. According to court documents filed by the couple, they allege that Davis has attempted to evade payment of the $565,000 by transferring inherited property to family members. These alleged transfers reportedly occurred despite Davis having provided a sworn statement asserting that no such transfers had taken place.
The contempt motion seeks to compel Davis to satisfy the judgment. The specifics of the inherited property and the family members involved in the alleged transfers were not detailed in the provided summary. The outcome of this motion is pending.
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