Will Smith's wife worked for Judge Keaty. Her connection to Smith and his wife is through the wife. I highly doubt that she would have released him from jail unless Smith's wife explained the situation and she realized that this was not domestic violence and that he had been arrested by mistake. Of course, KATC doesn't tell you that Judge Keaty knew Smith through his wife, which is crucial information in that (a) it means she did not release him because she was awestruck by his celebrity; and (b) she would likely have thought twice about releasing a man who abused her friend and employee. In that context, however, you've just got a violation of a statute requiring a $1,000 bond, and we don't even know what the statute is and if any discretion is allowed whatsoever. If the release was improper then it was improper, but this appears to me to be much less of a story than they want you to think it is.