Kent Hovind Harassment of Critics — Doxxing and Intimidation Documented

Kent Hovind and his associates have engaged in a pattern of targeting critics and scientists who challenge his claims. Documented incidents include:

Doxxing and personal information exposure: Hovind has published or encouraged the publication of personal information — including home addresses and phone numbers — of individuals who publicly criticize his claims or his legal history. This has been documented by multiple content creators and scientists who engage with creationist claims.

Frivolous legal threats: Hovind has a history of threatening defamation lawsuits against critics, including scientists, YouTubers, and bloggers who accurately report his criminal conviction and credential issues. These threats rarely result in actual litigation, functioning instead as intimidation tactics.

Organized harassment campaigns: Critics have documented receiving coordinated waves of hostile messages, threats, and harassment following Hovind’s public identification of them in his videos or social media posts. This pattern of “siccing” followers on critics has been described by multiple independent targets.

IRS investigator threats: During his federal tax investigation and trial, Hovind filed false lawsuits and criminal charges against IRS agents, and made direct threats against IRS investigators and those who cooperated with the government. The court described this conduct as “reprehensible” and it formed part of the single obstruction count in his 58-count indictment.

Threatening judges: In the 2014 mail fraud and contempt case, Hovind and co-defendant Paul John Hansen filed submissions that personally threatened the judge. The filings recycled sovereign-citizen arguments and explicitly denied the court’s jurisdiction — a pattern documented throughout Hovind’s legal history.

Harassment of estranged spouse: After Cindi Lincoln filed a domestic violence complaint in 2021, she alleged that Hovind sent associates to her apartment to threaten her and had her apartment trashed the following day. The court issued a restraining order prohibiting Hovind from “harassing, stalking or threatening” Lincoln.

This pattern of conduct is relevant context for evaluating Hovind’s public persona as a good-faith educator and minister.