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Kim Kardashian provided the $50,000 that was used to pay for the bail that allowed former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from jail.Richard Glossip granted bail On Thursday, an Oklahoma County judge set Glossip’s bail at $500,000 after he spent nearly 30 years behind bars since he was convicted of orchestrating the 1997 murder of Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese. Glossip had always maintained his innocence, and the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence in 2025. The former death row inmate was later transferred to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, where he was held until Thursday evening. On Friday, a spokesperson for Kardashian confirmed that she provided the $50,000 needed to post bail. Court records show that Glossip’s wife, Lea, made the payment in Oklahoma County. Kim Kardashian and Julius Jones This marks the latest time Kardashian has gotten involved in a high-profile case involving an Oklahoma death row inmate. In 2019, she weighed in on the Julius Jones case before meeting with him and his family in 2020, while he was still on death row. Jones was later taken off death row just minutes before his scheduled execution in 2022. He remains in an Oklahoma Department of Corrections facility as he spends life in prison. Video below: Sky 5 shows moments Richard Glossip was released from jail Conditions of Richard Glossip’s release While Glossip is no longer in jail, he’s not a free man, as he has to follow very strict conditions as part of his bail agreement. A judge ordered that Glossip may only live with his wife at their home and must report its address to a court-approved pretrial monitoring program. He also must follow residential curfew hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and Glossip cannot travel outside the state of Oklahoma. Video below: Richard Glossip leaves Oklahoma County jail after granted bondThe judge also ordered that Glossip cannot establish, maintain, or have any kind of communication with any potential witnesses in his case or anyone in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma County Detention Center, or any other jail or detention facility. Glossip cannot consume any alcohol, illegal drugs, or marijuana, and he’ll be subject to testing upon request. Finally, Glossip is not allowed to commit any crime or engage in any illegal activities.A violation of any condition of the court could result in immediate revocation of bail.
Kim Kardashian provided the $50,000 that was used to pay for the bail that allowed former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from jail.
Richard Glossip granted bail
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On Thursday, an Oklahoma County judge set Glossip’s bail at $500,000 after he spent nearly 30 years behind bars since he was convicted of orchestrating the 1997 murder of Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese. Glossip had always maintained his innocence, and the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction and death sentence in 2025.
The former death row inmate was later transferred to the Oklahoma County Detention Center, where he was held until Thursday evening.
On Friday, a spokesperson for Kardashian confirmed that she provided the $50,000 needed to post bail. Court records show that Glossip’s wife, Lea, made the payment in Oklahoma County.
Kim Kardashian and Julius Jones
This marks the latest time Kardashian has gotten involved in a high-profile case involving an Oklahoma death row inmate.
In 2019, she weighed in on the Julius Jones case before meeting with him and his family in 2020, while he was still on death row.
Jones was later taken off death row just minutes before his scheduled execution in 2022. He remains in an Oklahoma Department of Corrections facility as he spends life in prison.
Video below: Sky 5 shows moments Richard Glossip was released from jail
Conditions of Richard Glossip’s release
While Glossip is no longer in jail, he’s not a free man, as he has to follow very strict conditions as part of his bail agreement.
A judge ordered that Glossip may only live with his wife at their home and must report its address to a court-approved pretrial monitoring program. He also must follow residential curfew hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and Glossip cannot travel outside the state of Oklahoma.
Video below: Richard Glossip leaves Oklahoma County jail after granted bond
The judge also ordered that Glossip cannot establish, maintain, or have any kind of communication with any potential witnesses in his case or anyone in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma County Detention Center, or any other jail or detention facility.
Glossip cannot consume any alcohol, illegal drugs, or marijuana, and he’ll be subject to testing upon request. Finally, Glossip is not allowed to commit any crime or engage in any illegal activities.
A violation of any condition of the court could result in immediate revocation of bail.
