Moreland: “Your fees; fines and court costs are taken care of! You now officially owe me!! Haha.”

Her response: “I cannot thank you enough!!! And yes I definitely owe you!”

They planned to meet at a bar for drinks, the complaint said. But on her way there, she was stopped by the Nashville police and detained for driving without a license. She quickly notified the judge, who asked for the officer’s name and called his supervisor to request that she be allowed to continue on without a ticket. The reason given, the complaint said: She was on her way to a meeting in the judge’s chambers. The officer allowed her to drive away. She met the judge for drinks as planned. They did go to his chambers afterward—for sex.

A few days later, she texted him her gratitude again, to which the indictment said he responded that he had “just used [his] superpowers” then added that his “desk still has butt marks on it!!”