A federal lawsuit filed against Massachusetts Trial Court Judge Thomas Estes accuses him of forcing a woman who used to work at a private service agency that advocated on behalf of clients to perform a sex act inside a courthouse.

Estes had been the presiding judge at Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown, but was removed from any bench duty last year. He is restricted to an undefined administrative role at Holyoke District Court. Trial court officials have refused to say exactly why.

The complaint was filed by Tammy Cagle on Jan. 22. She alleges Estes unzipped his pants after drawing the shades back on Nov. 18, 2016 at Belchertown District Court and forced her to perform oral sex on him.

"Judge Estes promised the Plaintiff that if she performed oral sex on him now, he would never ask her again," the complaint states.

The complaint alleged they had a sexual encounter two days earlier when alcohol was a factor.

Inside the Belchertown court, "Judge Estes unbuttoned his pants, pulled them down, and then pulled his boxer shorts down. The Plaintiff pushed Judge Estes away with her hand," the complaint alleges.

"Judge Estes grabbed her head and forced her to perform fellatio on him while he stood above her. The Plaintiff felt pressured to comply with what Judge Estes wanted. After he was sexually satisfied, Judge Estes immediately pulled his boxer shorts and pants up, opened the blinds, and stated, 'I'll walk you out.'"

Estes was the judge in the 2016 case of David Becker, a then-18-year-old former East Longmeadow star athlete, accused of sexually assaulting two women as they were unconscious at a house party. Estes ordered Becker to serve two years probation after Becker admitted to two counts of indecent sexual assault on a person over age 14.

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