A court last August 25 granted a temporary civil protection order to a Garfield County transgender teenager to stop right wing extremist Sherronna Bishop from publicly discussing the teen’s private life in her podcast.
Bishop, a former Garfield County resident, election denier and far right extremist influencer, is an unindicted co-conspirator in the election equipment tampering case that put former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters behind bars for 9 years. Bishop organized the events that led to Tina going to prison, but so far hasn’t been held accountable for her part in the scheme. Bishop moved to Carthage, Texas from Colorado in 2022, after law enforcement searched her house in the Tina Peters case, but despite relocating to live full time in another state, in 2023 she re-registered to vote in Colorado using the address of her in-laws’ home in Grand Junction. So far, though, Bishop has not cast a ballot using the falsified address.
Bishop’s social media posts reveal her to be vehemently anti-transgender, and some of her posts appear to be aimed at inciting hatred and potentially violence against transgender people.
The petitioner who filed the request for the protection order on the teen’s behalf wrote, “Sherronna Bishop hosted a podcast about Zack’s case where for over an hour discussed his private, personal and legal info with his parents to stoke harm and harassment to Zack and his community. She alleges he is being groomed and it is very transphobic and violent and she seeks to further the harassment.” When asked to describe the most serious incident that led to the request for a civil protection order,” the petitioner wrote, “The most recent podcast is causing extreme fear and mental anguish. She is trying to politicize Zach’s situation to incite anger at local elections and is giving his personal info to adult strangers online…Sherronna Bishop has been aware of this family situation for some time and has a long history of doxxing & harassing LGBTQ+ community.”
The teen won a temporary protection order against Bishop while hearings continue to determine whether to make it permanent. The teen already succeeded in getting a permanent protection order against one parent, Brent Fizke, who appeared on Bishop’s podcast to publicly discuss the teen’s personal affairs.
Bishop is fighting the permanent protection order that would prevent her from continuing to speak about the teen on her podcast. On September 18, 2025, Bishop filed a motion with the court contending that “the [protection] order appears to have been issued against the wrong individual,” the jurisdiction is “questionable” since Bishop lives in another state (Texas), the “petition is based on emotion rather than fact,” and “hosting an interview with the parents of a 17-year-old regarding matters of public concern” is constitutionally protected speech.
The next court hearing in the matter is on December 19 at 9:00 a.m. in Garfield County Courtroom #1.