California’s judicial disciplinary agency on Wednesday publicly admonished an Orange County judge over his claim on Facebook that a prosecutor was sleeping with a defense attorney whose cases she was overseeing.
Superior Court Judge Jeff Ferguson made “reckless” allegations—without evidence—against Orange County Deputy District Attorney Karen Schatzle on a Facebook page in April 2016, according to the Commission on Judicial Performance. Schatzle was running for office then against an incumbent judge who Ferguson backed.
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