Judge John Russo Jr. appears for a disciplinary hearing before the New Jersey Supreme Court on July 9, 2019 in Trenton, New Jersey. Russo, who told a woman she could “close your legs” to prevent a sexual assault is “remorseful,” his lawyer said. (Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP, Pool)
With “flagrant” lapses in ethical behavior as a Superior Court judge, particularly an “undignified” exchange with a victim of sexual assault in which he challenged whether she had “closed her legs” or otherwise fought off the assault, John Russo Jr. was ordered removed from the bench.
In a decision by the Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner pointed to “repeated and serious acts of misconduct” and affirmed a special panel’s recommendation for removal.
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