Overview
- Richards, 22, was arrested in Owensboro as he left the stage Saturday at the BBQ & Barrels festival, according to local police.
- Jail and booking records list two counts of second-degree sodomy and two counts of incest involving a person under 18, and they show a $75,000 cash bond at the Daviess County Detention Center.
- An arrest warrant filed in Clark County says a mother reported abuse in November 2025 and that her son, who is autistic, later told investigators the assaults happened in 2020 and 2022 when he was 12 and 14.
- The warrant states the mother confronted Richards in February 2026 and quotes him as saying, “I made an awful mistake.”
- After the arrest, Matthew said he was sick to his stomach, removed Richards from his band at once, and will defer to the courts to sort out the case.