A rural Kentucky judge was shot in his chambers by a sheriff, witnessed after allegedly running his courthouse like a “brothel” and bringing women into his office in an ongoing sexual favor scheme. person told police.
police recording, Obtained by NewsNationhas revealed the latest sordid development in the trial of former Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, who admitted pumping several bullets into District Judge Kevin Mullins in Letcher County Court in September.
The lawsuit was filed by Sabrina Adkins, a woman who was forced to provide sexual favors in exchange for house arrest in 2022 by one of Stein's agents, Ben Fields.
She told police about the assault and suggested that the sextortion was not a one-off incident and that Mr. Fields was not the only person involved.
She said she had seen multiple videos of multiple “high-ups” performing sex acts in Judge Mullins' chambers, and that both Judge Mullins and Deputy Judge Field had a long-standing lawsuit in which they coerced multiple women into sexual acts. hinted that he was involved.
“I saw Judge Mullins having sex with a girl in the judge's chambers,'' Adkins said in a police interview, adding that then-associate Judge Fields “had some videotapes of him in the judge's chambers.'' I'm sure… only sexual, sexual acts with girls,'' he added. thing. “
“It appears they were running a brothel from the courtroom,” Adkins' attorney Ned Pillersdorf told NewsNation.
It's unclear whether the sextortion allegations are connected to the execution-style killing, with security footage showing Stein walking into Mullins' office and unloading eight bullets into his old friend at close range.
However, authorities have indicated that it is being investigated as a possible sex scandal.
Stines and Mullins had been best friends for 30 years. The two were also seen having lunch together hours before the murder.
“They're trying to kidnap my wife and child,” Stines told police after he surrendered to the officers.
Stines' lawyer argued that it was a crime of passion caused by “extreme mental turmoil,” and his former lawyer has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering a public servant, which could carry the death penalty.
