Kentucky Judge Shot to Death in Chambers Accused of Trading Favors for Sex: 'Running a Brothel Out of That Courtroom'

A Kentucky judge who made headlines after he was shot and killed in his chambers earlier this year was allegedly involved in a sheriff's sex-for-favors trade scandal.

Sabrina Adkins, an inmate who previously filed a lawsuit accusing a Letcher County deputy sheriff of abusing his position of power for sexual favors, claimed that she saw videos of "some higher ups" having sex in Judge Kevin Mullins' chambers, according to audio recordings obtained by NewsNation.

"I seen Judge Mullins having sex with a girl," Adkins said, according to the outlet. "In his office, in the judge's chambers."

Adkins stated that former Deputy Sheriff Ben Fields had "some videotapes of some stuff in the judge's chambers... just with girls, sexual and stuff," as reported by NewsNation.

"It's like they were running a brothel out of that courtroom," Ned Pillersdorf, Adkins' attorney, told the outlet.

Fields was fired by Sheriff Shawn M. "Mickey" Stines, the sheriff accused of shooting and killing Mullins, after Adkins' lawsuit was filed.

The lawsuit accused Fields of forcing Adkins to engage in "sexual favors" after she could not afford to pay for an ankle monitor, as reported by the Courier-Journal. He was convicted of rape and sodomy earlier this year.

Stines pled not guilty to murder in November. He is accused of shooting and killing Mullins in his chambers after state police said the two allegedly got into an argument, as reported by NBC News.

The incident was reportedly caught on video, which was played during an October hearing. While the video had no audio, Stines was reportedly seen firing the gun at Mullins sitting at his desk, and then again after the judge had fallen to the floor, as reported by the Associated Press.