Cook County judge previously accused of ‘unwanted touching’ reassigned after clerk alleges battery

Cook County judge previously accused of ‘unwanted touching’ reassigned after clerk alleges battery

A clerk assigned to the domestic violence courtroom in the south-suburban Markham courthouse filed a battery complaint against a judge previously accused of misconduct, telling Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department detectives the judge had pushed him away from his computer. According to a report obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the clerk alleged that Cook County Circuit Judge Ruth Gudino had pushed him “hard enough for hi…