Female Kentucky Judge Accused Of Having Threesomes With Co-Workers In Her Office – Serves Drinks

A young female judge on a $A200,000-a-year salary has been
slapped with nine misconduct charges after being accused of
engaging in group sex inside court chambers.

The stunning allegations involve Dawn Gentry, a 38-year-old
Family Court judge from Kenton County in Kentucky in the US, who
was elected to the high-profile position in November 2018.

She is now being investigated by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct
Commission – the only body that is able to penalise a sitting
judge.

It has been alleged she let staffers drink at work and drank
alcohol herself on the job, had threesomes inside court offices and
gave preferential treatment to lawyers who had sex with her.

She is also accused of promoting people who donated to her
re-election campaign – and punishing those who did not.

According to the Cincinnati
Enquirer^[1], which broke the story,
lawyer Katherine Schulz claimed to have quit after Gentry allegedly
flirted with her over social media platform Snapchat and also asked
her to seduce the judge’s former husband, so she could accuse him
of being unfaithful.

The judge also allegedly propositioned the lawyer with a
threesome with her ex-pastor lover Stephen Penrose, who she had
hired.

The charges also allege the judge had a threesome with her
secretary Laura Aubrey and Mr Penrose in a courthouse office, and
she falsified time sheets for employees.

The judge has been charged with coercion to participate in
judicial campaign, retaliation for failure to support judicial
campaign, facilities and time sheet falsification, retaliation
against school employees, ex parte communication with guardian ad
litem (GAL) panel members, harassment and retaliation against
Katherine Schulz, inappropriate hiring and relationship with Mr
Penrose, hiring and appointing court staff not based on merit and
failure to be candid and honest with the commission, according to
the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Mum-of-two Gentry, 38, is alleged
to have favoured lawyers who were receptive to her sexual
demandsCredit: Kentucky Court

The publication also spoke with lawyer Mike Hummel, who said his
own clients were disadvantaged after he didn’t donate enough cash
to the judge’s political campaign.

“This isn’t just little bullsh*t that happens behind the scenes
in every county … This is someone abusing power to affect the lives
of others,” he said.

An official document known as a Notice of Formal Proceedings and
Charges, which has been seen by news.com.au, was released last week
outlining details of the charges after an investigation was first
launched last month.

The Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges claims the judge
“engaged in a pattern of conduct that constitutes misconduct in
office and violates the Code of Judicial Conduct”.

“Any of the counts … on their own, constitute sufficient grounds
for disciplinary action. But examined as a whole, the allegations
in this notice demonstrate a pattern of misconduct in office,” it
states.

The document states the judge is also accused of allowing her
lover Mr Penrose to “spend work hours” singing and playing the
guitar and “disrupting other court employees”, letting staff
consume alcohol on the job and drinking alcohol herself at times,
and bringing her children to work with her and allowing them to
witness a “confidential proceeding” that violated the
confidentiality of proceedings in a family court case.

It also details “inappropriate and unwanted sexual advances”
towards Ms Schulz, including Snapchat conversations that were
“sexual in nature” and claims the judge hired Mr Penrose because of
their “personal sexual relationship” and “not on the basis of
merit”.

“You also engaged in sexual activity with Mr Penrose and Ms
Aubrey in a courthouse office, during work hours,” it states.

The judge has denied all charges against her.

She will face a disciplinary hearing in the coming months, and
is facing the prospect of being removed from office.