Judge Resigns After Thousands of Nude Photos of Former Defendants Found on His Computer

An Arkansas district judge resigned today after it was discovered that he had thousands of nude photos of former male defendants of his on his computer.

According to NBC News, Cross County District Judge Joseph Boeckmann said yesterday that he’s resigning, effective immediately, after the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission found the photos that “depict young men, many naked who are in various poses inside the judge’s home and outside in his yard.”

And there were, um, some men in those photos who had apparently been paddled.

There have been accusations going back to November that Judge Boeckmann gave legal favors to defendants in exchange of more sexual ones. For instance:

According to the report filed by the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Judge Boeckmann used his influence over male litigants for his “personal and sexual desires.”

One of his alleged victims, who was charged with a misdemeanor, testified he let Boeckmann photograph him with and without clothes for money.

[image via KARK 4 News]

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