Judge in Florida circuit caught having sex with officer in chambers
The committee cited a two-year affair, false statements and a partisan campaign appearance, but declined a harsher penalty because of the judge’s rehabilitation.
- On Friday, the Judicial Conference of the U.S.'s Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability upheld the 11th Circuit's February decision disciplining a federal district judge for an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer conducted in chambers 'in earshot of law clerks.'
- Last year, a law clerk reported the judge's sexual encounters with a high-ranking police officer during business hours; Chief U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor initiated an investigation in September after the judge initially denied allegations, later admitting in October 2025 to a two-year affair.
- Special committee findings confirmed misconduct through six former clerks' testimony—two reporting hearing 'kissing sounds' and 'moaning' from the judge's office—and through forensic testing of a couch cushion that demonstrated the conduct occurred during business hours.
- Sanctions required the judge to apologize to six former law clerks, surrender the chief judge position, and indefinitely refrain from serving on Judicial Conference committees, with the judge accepting these restrictions without opposition.
- Committee findings showed the judge 'demonstrated a strong propensity for rehabilitation' and ended the relationship, justifying the private reprimand rather than removal, though the judge's identity remains sealed under federal rules implementing Article III's 'good Behaviour' standard.
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Judicial Whodunit: Federal Judge Given “Private Reprimand” After Holding Sexual Trysts in Chambers…and Then Lying About It
There is a bizarre controversy out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where a federal judge has been reprimanded for engaging in repeated, loud sexual encounters during office hours in chambers with a police officer. While the judge lied to investigators and disrupted the work of court staff, the Eleventh Circuit decided to give only a “private reprimand” and to withhold the identity of the district court judge. Howe…
Who Is The District Court Judge Who Was Privately Reprimanded For Having Loud Sex In Her Chambers With A Law Enforcement Officer From Her District?
On February 11, the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit published an order with remarkable conclusions: a federal district court judge somewhere in the Eleventh Circuit "engag[ed] in an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer and, in the course of the affair, having sexual intercourse in the Subject Judge's office during work hours and within hearing distance of the judge's clerks." Ultimately, however, the Council issues a priva…
Married federal judge repeatedly had courthouse sex with law enforcement officer, complaint alleges
A married federal judge admitted to having sex with a law enforcement officer inside courthouse chambers after initially denying the affair, a judicial misconduct report alleges.
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