DETROIT, MI --

Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade H. McCree is barred from presiding over a courtroom until January of 2021.

The Michigan Supreme Court enacted a recommendation that the judge, suspended without pay since Feb. 3, 2013, be suspended from holding a judgeship for six years from Jan. 1,2015, should he be re-elected in this year's election.

The 57-year-old must also pay

McCree's troubles originated with a sexual relationship the married father had with

Geniene LaShay Mott, a complaining witness who appeared before him in a child support case -- she was pursuing thousands in back-child support for the child they had together -- between May and November of 2012.

During that time, McCree discussed aspects of the case and possible punishment for the father of Mott's child with her; allowed and helped her violate court rules, such as sneaking a cell phone in through the employee entrance; sent "inappropriate and derogatory" texts about litigants, defendants and witnesses from the bench; "lied about when and why he finally recused himself" from Mott's case; made false claims that Mott was stalking him when the relationship began to spiral out of control; and lied under oath when an investigation into the matter ensued, the opinion says.

McCree "had an affair with a complaining witness in a case pending before him, had numerous ex parte communications with that witness about the case, extended to her special treatment concerning the case, and caused her reasonably to believe that she was influencing how he was handling her case," Justice Stephen J. Markmam wrote in the majority opinion. "When their relationship subsequently went sour, he sought to employ the prosecuting attorney’s office as leverage against her by concocting charges of stalking and extortion. And he lied repeatedly to the (Judicial Tenure Commission) and the master while under oath. Respondent is now unfit to serve as a judge, and he will remain unfit to do so one year from now."

McCree filed for divorce from his wife in October of 2012, though he testified it was only to placate Mott who was pressuring him to do so. At the same time, Mott said she was pregnant, though she refused to answer questions about the baby at a Judicial Tenure Commission hearing last summer.

McCree, who investigators say referred to himself as the "king of latex," told Mott he'd finalize the divorce if she aborted the baby and claims that's when Mott began attempting to blackmail him, demanding more than $10,000.

As part of his defense, McCree's attorney and doctor argued the judge suffers from

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a symptom of bipolar disorder that results in impulsive behavior.

The misconduct trial was full of lust, betrayal, plotting and

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McCree has often made for a good sound bite. He was previously censured for his response to media after a 2010 shirtless picture of the trim judge, which he is said to have sent to a female bailiff, made its way to the news in 2012.

"Hot dog. Yep, that's me," McCree said when WJBK-TV showed him a printout of the photo. "No shame to my game."