 Originally scheduled to report to prison on March 18, Farmer was granted a one-week delay by Van Tatenhove to watch his son, Trey, play for Clay County High School in the KHSAA basketball tournament.Clay County lost that game to Covington Catholic High School 80–78 in the first round of the tournament.Van Tatenhove insisted that he granted the delay in deference to the Farmer family, not as a special favor for Farmer himself.