{"id":28333,"date":"2020-09-12T12:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T16:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=28333"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:06:24","slug":"covid-19-kills-courthouse-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/12\/covid-19-kills-courthouse-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 kills courthouse fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Kentucky \u2018frat house\u2019 judge kicked off the bench”<\/a> (New York Post,<\/em> August 31) is an article that may cause some future readers to wonder how it was ever possible that humans mixed at such close quarters in our legal system, now mostly moved to Zoom (for the entertainment of the Chinese?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Kentucky judge accused of using sex and booze to turn her courtroom into a virtual frat house was kicked off the bench by a judicial panel on Monday.<\/p>

A five-member judicial commission voted unanimously to remove Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry, who was suspended with pay in December pending a misconduct probe, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.<\/p>

Gentry, 39, was accused of creating a rowdy atmosphere at the courthouse, hiring her boyfriend and bandmate, allowing drinking during work hours, and using sex, coercion, and retaliation against lawyers and court employees who didn\u2019t back her political campaigns, the outlet said.<\/p>

Courthouse custodians, clerks, and other staffers testified to finding empty liquor bottles inside the chambers, and would also hear singing and guitar playing coming from behind the door.<\/p>

One attorney, Katherine Schulz, told the panel that Gentry kissed her in a courthouse bathroom and also propositioned her for a threesome, which the lawyer said she turned down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Will these kinds of activities ever be possible again in our age of shutdown and masks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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