Ronnie Lee Goldy Jr., the commonwealth’s attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties, was temporarily suspended from practicing law on Friday by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Goldy, between 2018 and 2020, exchanged 230 pages of Facebook messages with defendant Misty Helton telling her that “if she sent him nude images he would talk to the judges about continuing her cases and setting aside warrants.”
In one of the messages, the Courier Journal reports Goldy asked Helton, “When do I get to see a video?” and she replied, “When do I not have a warrant hahaha.”
In another message, she asked him, “What do I need to do to get that warrant taken care of — besides the obvious, lmao.” Goldy responded, “Let me ask the judge tomorrow.”
The Kentucky Bar Association’s inquiry panel said the messages “demonstrate Gold’s ‘quid pro quo expectation on multiple occasions’ that he get photos or videos for his ‘intervention in her interest,” the newspaper reports.
The state Supreme Court issued the suspension based on findings that Goldy had abused his office and that his professional misconduct represents a substantial threat of harm to the public.
(Photo: Ronnie Goldy Jr., courtesy of LEX18.com)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
