ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Controversy erupted in Estill County after Judge Executive Donnie Watson stormed into Steel Rail Tattoo in Irvine following his 16-year-old grandson getting a tattoo at the shop.

What started as a calm Sunday for Steel Rail Tattoo shop owner Brad Brooks turned into an unexpected confrontation when Estill County Judge Executive Donnie Watson stormed into the business. After his 16-year-old grandson got a tattoo there.

"You better not get a tattoo (pointing to his grandson) and you better not put it on him (pointing to Brooks)," Watson said. "This place is gonna be sued."

Brooks said he was stunned by the judge executive's behavior and tone.

"That blowed me away. I was like, 'wow.' But I never spoke a word," Brooks said.

The confrontation escalated when Wat

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