<!-- wp:html --><p>Chris Ryan</p>
<p>An elected state’s attorney in Kentucky who admitted to getting a criminal defendant pregnant is now running to become a circuit judge.</p>
<p>Matthew Leveridge, commonwealth’s attorney of Russell and Wayne counties, was never disciplined for having sex with with Latisha Sartain in 2014. After Sartain told Leveridge’s wife about the affair, Leveridge moved to rescind Sartain’s pretrial diversion agreement. </p>
<p>Eight years on, he wants to be elected to higher office.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-leveridge-kentucky-prosecutor-who-got-defendant-pregnant-and-had-affair-with-juror-running-for-judge?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html --> Chris Ryan
An elected state’s attorney in Kentucky who admitted to getting a criminal defendant pregnant is now running to become a circuit judge.
Matthew Leveridge, commonwealth’s attorney of Russell and Wayne counties, was never disciplined for having sex with with Latisha Sartain in 2014. After Sartain told Leveridge’s wife about the affair, Leveridge moved to rescind Sartain’s pretrial diversion agreement.
Eight years on, he wants to be elected to higher office.