Washington (CNN) Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling for a district judge to resign after she admitted to using the n-word in text messages, saying she has "compromised her ability to preside as a judge."

District Judge Jessie LeBlanc, who is white, is facing increasing pressure to step down after she admitted to using "n***er" at least three times "in a moment of a heated exchange" in text messages from 2018 that she sent to then-Assumption Parish Chief Deputy Bruce Prejean, with whom she says she was having an extramarital affair that ended in 2016. Prejean, now a captain in the patrol division, does not dispute the text messages, according to Lonny Cavalier, public information officer for Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office.

"The admitted and repeated use of racial slurs by a judge who has taken an oath to administer justice fairly and impartially is wrong, period. There is never any circumstance or context in which such derogatory and degrading language is okay," Edwards, a Democrat, said in a statement Wednesday. "Sadly, inequities still exist in society and in our judicial system. Judge LeBlanc has compromised her ability to preside as a judge, and she has damaged the judiciary. She should resign. The people of the 23rd Judicial District and our state deserve better."

In an interview with CNN-affiliate WAFB on Sunday, LeBlanc said she "never dreamed" the comments would be made public.

"I admit that I used that word. I profusely apologize for that. I should have never said it," she said at the time. "It was uncalled for. I was angry. I was upset. But, it's no excuse."

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