Dawn Gentry, a county family court judge in Frankfort, Kentucky, faces potential impeachment for charges related to abuses of power.

Gentry, a Republican, faces nine misconduct charges stemming from a state investigation that alleged she demanded sex and money in exchange for positive treatment in the courtroom. According to the investigation, an attorney quit her position after Gentry flirted with her on Snapchat, asked the attorney to seduce her husband, and insisted the attorney join her and an ex-pastor in a threesome.

Gentry denied all of the allegations.

After this departure, members of the attorney’s firm claimed to experience negative treatment from Gentry in court. Another accusation claims that Gentry gave one attorney’s clients unfavorable treatment after they did not donate a certain amount of money to her campaign.

Gentry remains in her position hearing cases at the Kenton County Family Court. She reportedly earns $136,900 a year.

State Rep. Adam Koenig said that impeachment is likely as a standard disciplinary hearing would take too long. While some believe that the situation should be handled during a misconduct hearing, this could take 2-3 three months to commence.

“We're examining our options in Frankfort,” Koenig said in a statement to the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It's all an abuse of power. A disregard for the rule of law which is not what we're looking for in a judge.”

Impeachment would be a remarkably rare occurrence, as only four elected officials have been impeached in the state's history. A Kentucky judge has not been impeached in over a century.

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