A Utah judge has been charged with forcible sexual abuse after an alleged incident at his Salt Lake City home in February.
Along with the sexual abuse charge, Third District Court Judge William Kenneth Kendall was also charged Wednesday with distribution or arranging to distribute a controlled substance, possession or use of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kendall has been placed on administrative leave without pay.
According to the indictment filed against Kendall, the judge hosted a small party at his home on Feb. 21 following a larger event the group had attended. While at his home, Kendall allegedly provided THC to a woman, who said that she and Kendall used it through a “weed pen.”
The woman told detectives that during the evening, Kendall touched her body over her clothing without her consent.
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