‘They’re all swingers’: Accuser claims judge shot dead in courthouse actually ran a ‘depraved sex ring’

The shooting death of Kevin Mullins, a district judge in Kentucky, in his office in the courthouse – allegedly by his friend Sheriff Shawn Stines, has been in the headlines for months already.

But the case has taken a new turn as a woman now has charged that the judge was running a “depraved sex ring” from his government office.

The Daily Mail has documented the twist in the case involving the death of Mullins, 54, killed in a shooting in September 2024.

One witness has told police Mullins ran his chambers “like a brothel” and was seen having sex with a girl inside his office in Whitesburg.

“Tya Adams – another alleged victim – has now come forward with her account, saying she first knew Judge Mullins through his former role as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney,” the report explained.

Adams confirmed the judge introduced her to “his friends.”

“And we would do sex parties and perform shows and have sex with them for money, things like that,” she charged.

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The judge’s power came from her fear, and the fear of others, of the powerful legal system and the threat of Child Protective Services.

“They would make sure to make you feel as small and degraded and belittled as possible to take your power away,” Adams charged, adding “It was consensual. But it was the thing that we were so young, and then they used it against us to destroy our lives later.

“He’s the one with the power; he holds my entire life in his hands. He’s the one who makes the decisions over whether I get to keep my children or not. He’s the one who makes the decisions on whether I go to jail.”

She confirmed she was warned to stay silent.

“And, who would believe it anyway? Because the whole town was doing it. Nobody cares. They’re all swingers. It’s all a big party to them. It was just normal,” she charged.

Further, the Daily Mail said Sarah Davis, a former deputy jailer at Letcher County Jail, said she didn’t witness such misconduct firsthand, but said the rumors that reached her were “nasty and sickening,” according to a report from NewsNation about the case.

The Daily Mail said Adams’ interview “marks the third time a woman has come forward alleging that Mullins’ alleged abuse of power extended far beyond just what happened inside his chambers. She claimed it wasn’t just her – that hundreds of women, along with men and even children in trouble with the law, were sent to visit him for the same reason.”

A further allegation was from Sabrina Adkins, who was raped by Ben Fields – one of Stines’ deputies.

News Nation reported she said, “I seen Judge Mullins having sex with a girl… in his office, in the judge’s chambers.”

The report said Fields later served six months in jail for coercing Adkins into sexual favors within Mullins’ chambers.

Stines has pleaded not guilty to murder, charging that the shooting happened in the heat of passion and should be considered manslaughter at most.

The report revealed, “Detectives have been investigating possible motives, with one theory suggesting that Stines may have discovered his daughter’s phone number in Mullins’ phone – allegedly after Mullins called her just moments before the shooting.”