KRS 432.280: Court may bring criminal action for libel or slander -- Punish resistance to

judicial order.

Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding

against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concer ning such

court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any

court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any

judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.