Two women who worked as associates for a Supreme Court Judge in Australia are seeking compensation after court-commissioned reports found the judge had sexually harassed and discriminated against them.

The reports, the result of an investigation of the behavior of Victorian Supreme Court Judge Peter Vickery QC, found that the judge wrote sexualized poetry to one of the women, sent her renaissance art featuring a naked cherub, told her he loved her and made unwelcome sexual advances, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the law firm representing the women.

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