A new lawsuit has been filed against former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis accusing her of illegally transferring property to family members in order to avoid paying a civil rights judgement to David Moore and David Ermold, a same-sex couple she denied a marriage license to in 2015.
Davis first drew national attention in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing her religious beliefs despite the Supreme Court’s ruling. She was briefly jailed for contempt of court after defying a federal judge’s order and later lost multiple rounds of litigation stemming from those denials.
A federal jury awarded the couple $100,000 in damages, plus about $260,000 in attorney fees and court expenses, totaling roughly $360,000 initially.
The lawsuit states Davis has yet to pay any of the amount ordered. With accumulating costs and interest, the total judgment and demand amount to approximately $565,285.
A new lawsuit filed in Rowan Circuit Court accuses former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis of transferring inherited property to family members to avoid paying a civil rights judgment to David Ermold and David Moore, the same-sex couple she refused to issue a marriage license to in 2015.
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— WKYT (@wkyt.com) July 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
From local CBS News affiliate WKYT:
Attorneys for Ermold and Moore say that after Davis’ mother died in 2025, Davis inherited land and transferred the deeds of that property to other family members. The lawsuit claims the transfers were made to conceal her assets.
Attorney Michael J. Gartland said there are three parcels of land in question. Deed certificates list the total value of those parcels at more than $400,000.
Gartland cited a fraudulent conveyance statute, which prohibits transferring property to avoid paying existing claims against you.
Is anyone surprised? Once a grifter, always a grifter…
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