Has Kody Brown faced any new criminal charges or civil lawsuits in 2025?

1. What the record shows: civil family litigation, not new criminal prosecutions

The clear pattern in the materials provided is that Christine Brown pursued a civil action seeking paternity establishment, child support and custody for their daughter Truely in 2024–2025, and Kody responded by hiring counsel and filing counterclaims; ScreenRant explains Christine’s lawsuit and motives ^[1] while Yahoo/In Touch reported Kody retained an attorney and filed a response and counterclaim ^[2]. These are civil family‑court matters, not criminal indictments or arrests, according to the supplied reports ^{[1] [2]}.

2. Arrest rumors and misinformation circulated online

Several entertainment‑style pages and aggregator posts circulated claims that Kody had been arrested or faced criminal charges (for example alleging polygamy or fraud), but Reality Tea directly debunked arrest claims in June 2025, stating Kody was never arrested despite false reports circulating on Facebook ^[3]. Another aggregator (Ritemate/Newserx copy) repeats arrest/charge claims but provides no authoritative documentation; that kind of piece appears in the results and should be treated as unverified ^[4].

3. Context from the Browns’ longer legal history

The family’s earlier encounters with legal scrutiny—most notably investigations and litigation around polygamy law and the Brown v. Buhman case—frame why media quickly flags any legal rumor involving Kody. Wikipedia’s Brown v. Buhman summary recounts prior investigations and constitutional challenges to Utah’s polygamy laws, showing the Browns have been subject to legal attention for years—but that history is distinct from any new criminal charge in 2025 ^[5].

4. Conflicting or sensational coverage: sources diverge on tone and sourcing

Entertainment outlets in the results vary widely: Reality Tea provided debunking and context ^[3], ScreenRant and Yahoo gave detailed coverage of Christine’s civil suit and Kody’s legal response ^{[1] [2]}, while several IMDb and tabloid‑style items amplified dramatic allegations (home purchases violating injunctions, arrests, asset‑hiding) but cite unnamed insiders or repeat social posts ^{[6] [7] [8]}. Readers should weigh verified court filings and local reporting higher than social posts and aggregation without primary documents ^{[2] [1]}.

5. What is not established in these sources

Available sources do not mention any newly filed criminal indictments, arrest records, or charges against Kody Brown in 2025; assertions that he was arrested for polygamy, fraud, or domestic crimes are either contradicted (arrest denials) or unsubstantiated in the provided reporting ^{[3] [4]}. Likewise, allegations that Kody violated injunctions by buying a multimillion‑dollar home appear in tabloid pieces but lack confirmation from court records in these results ^{[6] [8]}.

6. Reporting limitations and recommended next steps for verification

My summary relies only on the supplied search results; it cannot substitute for direct court records, police logs, or statements from prosecutors. For a definitive answer: (a) consult official court dockets in Utah or Arizona for 2025 filings; (b) search county jail/arrest logs and local police press releases; and (c) seek primary reporting from regional newspapers or the court clerk’s office rather than secondary aggregators (not found in current reporting). The items here strongly indicate civil litigation activity (child‑support/custody) and discredit arrest claims, but they stop short of a comprehensive public‑record search ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

Bottom line: based on the supplied sources, Kody Brown faced civil family litigation (Christine Brown’s paternity/child‑support/custody suit and his counterclaims) in 2024–2025 and there is no substantiated reporting among these results that he was arrested or criminally charged in 2025; social posts and tabloid pieces alleging arrests appear unverified or false ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.