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Once, the judge allegedly asked a man to pose like Michelangelo’s Statue of David in exchange for $300.

He allegedly instructed another man to strip naked and bend over, handcuffed, inside an Arkansas courtroom while he snapped photographs, up close.

And on multiple occasions, he allegedly sentenced men — often young and poor to illegitimate “community service” that ultimately led defendants to the judge’s home or office, posing for more suggestive photographs as “proof” they’d completed their work.

“You’re free to go,” the judge allegedly said after the handcuff incident. “Case dismissed.”

These allegations are among dozens of disturbing claims outlined in state documents regarding the year-long investigation into a part-time Arkansas district judge accused of using his authority for the last 30 years to sexually prey on men charged with minor crimes.

The judge, Joseph Boeckmann, Jr., resigned Monday in the face of mounting evidence discovered by the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, which was tasked with determining if the man should be sanctioned or removed from the bench after an initial complaint filed last November. While Boeckmann had previously denied the allegations, his attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, refused to comment further on the judge’s resignation, reported the AP. Boeckmann’s letter of resignation did not include either a denial or confirmation of the charges.