CSM positions do not appear to have been abused. Not sure where you're getting this information. The fact that Judge was a CSM member is almost tangential to the whole story.
Would they have been on friendly enough terms to pull this off if they weren't meeting regularly due to being on the CSM? I don't think so...
https://i.redditmedia.com/E44ciq7vb9r1t9sAzo3giCym74vSloIyK7...
This is Judge posing for a picture with Aryth's alliance leader, The Mittani, at Fanfest.
Every major alliance leader has been to the pubcrawl that CCP puts together, for each fanfest. 99% of attendees pay their own way.