One man said judge Joe Boeckmann handcuffed him in a courtroom and took nude pictures.

An Arkansas judge resigned this week after investigators found thousands of explicit photos on his computer of men who had come through his courtroom.

In 2015, Joe Boeckmann, a part-time district court judge Cross County, was accused of reducing the sentence of a woman related to a man he had a long-term sexual relationship with.

After a yearlong investigation by the state’s Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, though, other reports of favoritism emerged—for employees of his family members, for a man he was allegedly sleeping with, and for young, white, male defendants in general.

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The commission found, however, that Boeckmann “patronizes, yells and screams” at female and minority defendants—calling several “stupid” in court.

At first he denied the allegations, but when some 4,500 images were discovered on his computer depicting “naked young men bending over after an apparent paddling” at his house, Boeckmann agreed to resign. (In a letter from the commission, he is warned not to dispose of the paddle.)

Over the course of 30 years, Boeckmann also allegedly prescribed “illegal” sentences—including picking up trash at his home—and coerced men into masturbating on camera in return for forgiving fines or paying their legal fees.

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One man told the commission that Boeckmann drove him to the courthouse, took him into a courtroom, and told him to strip naked. He then reportedly handcuffed the man and took pictures of him in various positions.

“He’s a criminal predator who used his judicial power to feed his corrupt desires,” said one commission member. “Every minute he served as a judge was an insult to the Arkansas Judiciary.”

His resignation—which also included a promise never to work in the public sector again—will result in the closing of the investigation. It’s unclear if any of the cases Boeckmann presided over will be reopened.