A Kentucky judge was shot dead by a sheriff in his office running it ‘like a brothel’ and was seen having sex with a ‘girl’ there, it has been claimed.
District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was reportedly seen with the unidentified woman in the same rooms where he was shot and killed by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, in September.
The accusation against him was made by Sabrina Adkins, a woman who was raped by one of Stines’ officers, Ben Fields, according to police audio obtained by NewsNation.
“I saw Judge Mullins having sex with a girl… In his office, in the judge’s chambers,” she said in a newly obtained recording of a police interrogation.
Adkins can also be heard saying that Fields “does have some video tapes of certain things in the judge’s chambers… just with girls, sexual and stuff.”
She claimed the tapes showed Fields and “some senior figures” having sex in the rooms, suggesting there may be as-yet-unidentified others involved in the sextortion scam.
Adkins said in a federal lawsuit that she could not afford to pay for an ankle monitor and did not want to return to the Letcher County Jail.
Fields then forced her to perform sexual favors so she could remain in home confinement, according to a 2022 federal lawsuit.
Stines was accused in a lawsuit of failing to properly train and supervise former deputy Fields, who served six months in prison after coercing Adkins, who was on home confinement, to have sex for favors in Judge Mullins’ chambers.
District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot and killed in his office after a brief argument by Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines, 44, according to police.
The sheriff and judge apparently had lunch with other court employees hours before the murder. He is seen in court
Adkins attorney Ned Pillersdorf told NewsNation “it’s as if they (Mullins and Fields) were running a brothel out of that courtroom.”
Stiles has admitted to the shooting but has pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing “it was something that happened in the heat of passion” and amounted to manslaughter at most.
His attorney has hinted that his defense will be based on a lawsuit involving Stiles’ former deputy sheriff Ben Fields, who pleaded guilty to using his position to extort sex from women.
Stines is accused of firing eight bullets into his close friend after he entered the Letcher County Circuit Court judge’s chambers in Kentucky for a private word and then closed and locked the door.
No motive for the murder has been given.
Just hours before it happened, they shared an outdoor table for lunch at the popular Streetside Grill & Bar on Main Street, just a few hundred yards from the courthouse.
The pair were regulars at the sports bar during lunch together and ordered their usual on that fateful Thursday – both had the $13.99 wings with salad.
Stines, a beloved father of two who reportedly planned to retire when his term expired, was Judge Mullins’ bailiff before becoming sheriff in 2018.
After Stines’ indictment, pointed out his lawyer Jeremy Bartley to a statement Stines made in court in the days before the shooting as a major factor in the case.
Letcher County’s judge-executive signed an order Friday closing the county courthouse where the shooting occurred
Stines had entered the courtroom and asked to speak to Mullins privately before they went to the judge’s office
“I think the deposition plays several important roles in this case,” Bartley said in a telephone interview. “I don’t think there’s one factor, but I do think it will be a big part of the story we tell.”
Stines could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder charge.
Mullins was appointed judge in the state’s 47th District in 2009 under former Gov. Steve Beshear.
He oversaw juvenile cases, city and county ordinances, misdemeanors, traffic violations, arraignments, probable cause hearings for crimes, claims for $2,500 or less, civil cases for $5,000 or less, voluntary and involuntary mental commitment cases, and domestic violence cases , according to a Letcher County website