The Gore sisters stalking charges stem from an alleged campaign lasting more than a month in which twin sisters Kevonne Gore and Shavonne Gore, both 40, are accused of surveilling, recording, and sending threatening messages to staff at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, the very facility where both women are now held on remand.
The pair were arrested on 16 July 2026, according to the Courier Journal. Each faces charges of second-degree stalking and harassment with no physical contact under Kentucky law. Kevonne Gore carries an additional count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a substance.
Gore Sisters Stalking Charges: What the Allegations Allege
Louisville Metro Police Department citations, reviewed by local NBC affiliate WAVE3, set out a pattern of conduct that prosecutors say unfolded across several weeks. The sisters are alleged to have parked outside the jail for extended periods, watching as staff arrived for and departed from shifts.
According to WDRB, the alleged campaign targeted corrections officers specifically and spanned several weeks before police intervened.
The alleged conduct did not remain passive. Local12/WKRC reports the sisters used their mobile phones to record staff and sent messages through social media platforms. One message sent to an officer reportedly included a photograph of that officer’s home alongside the text: ‘I will find you, one way or another.’
Officers also reportedly received messages reading ‘watch your back’ and ‘I got something for you,’ phrases cited in the police documentation reviewed by WAVE3.
Now Held at the Facility They Allegedly Targeted
There is a pointed legal irony to the defendants’ current accommodation. Both Kevonne and Shavonne Gore are being detained at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, the same institution whose staff they are accused of threatening over the course of more than a month, the Courier Journal reported.
The charges they face carry specific elements under Kentucky law. Second-degree stalking requires proof that a defendant engaged in a course of conduct directed at a specific person or persons, in circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress or to fear bodily injury. Harassment with no physical contact covers repeated unwanted communications and surveillance conduct. The additional driving offence against Kevonne Gore arose from circumstances surrounding the arrest.
Defence counsel positions, if any, have not been reported publicly at this stage.
WAVE3 first reported the arrests on 18 July 2026, a day before the Courier Journal published its fuller account drawing on the police citations.
Both defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted. Subject to any bail application or preliminary hearing, the case will proceed through the Jefferson County court system. The charges, if sustained at trial, carry the prospect of custodial sentences under Kentucky’s stalking provisions.
