KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — Questions remain regarding the reported "brothel" that occurred in the same room where a Letcher County sheriff gunned down a district judge three years later.

Former Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was charged with the murder of a public official after the Sept. 19, 2024, courthouse shooting. Security cameras captured the entire exchange, including Stines unleashing gunfire on Judge Kevin Mullins.

Just days before the shooting, Stines was deposed in a lawsuit filed by two women, one of whom alleged that former Letcher County Deputy Sheriff Ben Fields forced her to have sex inside Mullins’ chambers for six months in exchange for staying out of jail. Attorneys have previously told FOX 56 that this lawsuit plays a bigger role in the shooting than meets the eye.

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