From King v. Brown, decided Friday by Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Sara Walter Combs, joined by Judges Glenn Acree and Jacqueline Caldwell:
Appellant, Kelly King (King), appeals from the entry of an Interpersonal Protective Order (IPO) against her [on the petition by] Kendra Brown, … a former partner in a relationship.
Brown … filed a petition for order of protection against King, a former partner in a relationship. The petition alleged that King had been asked multiple times not to contact Brown; that King had used her large social media following to spread and to elicit hate speech toward Brown; that there was a separate, ongoing harassment investigation case; that in March 2022, King followed Brown out of a bar and threw a drink on her; that in November 2022, King trespassed on Brown's property and refused to leave until police arrived; that on November 1, 2023, King recorded Brown while jogging and made a harassing TikTok; that in May 2024, King showed up at the funeral of Brown's grandmother despite repeated pleas for no contact; that in September 2025, King recorded and posted a video on TikTok of her (King's) fiancée "licking and rubbing" on Brown's car. Brown stated that she feared for her safety in light of King's numerous attempts to contact and harass her—as well as King's criminal history.
The trial court entered an order that provided, among other things,
