You don’t have to be a legal scholar to strongly object to this soon-to-be ex-judge’s courtroom demeanor.
Judge John W. Hallett serves as a Justice in the LeRay Town Court in Jefferson County, NY… for now.
A formal complaint was lodged against the dishonorable Judge Hallett after he — get this — told an attorney he and actor Viggo Mortensen should “suck each other’s d*cks.”
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The lawyer appeared in Hallett’s courtroom last January while he was promoting a film festival in Mortensen’s honor.
Hallett reportedly announced that the festival was “about the gayest thing I have ever heard,” before suggesting, “you and Viggo Mortensen should get a hotel room and suck each other’s d*cks.”
It’s an oddly specific suggestion. We imagine this isn’t the first time the judge has conjured this sort of scenario in his head.
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Months later, when the same attorney appeared in front of Hallett, the judge made an oral sex gesture with his hand, touched the lawyer on the face and said: “There, there, little boy.”
Creepy.
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct was in the process of investigating the judge when he announced his resignation.
His last day will be New Year’s Eve and he has formally agreed to never seek judicial office ever again.
iminheatlikeacat
Creepy.
Sounds like the judge will have a lot of free time in 2019 though, so that’s good news 🙂 (I jest).
bowlingbutch
Why did it take a year?
DuMaurier
“Because the justice system in America is an imperfect and sluggish piece of antiquated machinery!”
(With thanx to Blanche Devereaux)
Kieran
I guess queerty expects us to guess who the guy in the picture is. The Judge? The lawyer? Mortensen? None of the above?
spacecadet
That’s Viggo Mortensen from you know, those The Lord of the Rings movies that you may have never have heard of; twice-nominated for an Academy Award for best actor; and currently starring in Green Book which is getting a lot of buzz for possibly getting him a 3rd nomination in the same category.
jjose712
I thought you were kidding, Mortensen is famous for more than 20 years
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Charlie in Charge
They reasonably concluded that A) we are an informed readership or, failing that B) we have enough sense to use context clues to determine the answer.
DHT
Maybe they should move him to criminal court…I would gladly suffer that as a sentence.
QGridster64
I’d be curious to see the judge’s Grindr profile (because I’m betting try that he DOES have one…)
Brian
No, he’s just a bigot. A straight bigot.
What’s your background that you’re so quick to peg a bigot as a gay or bi person? Maybe you should find a therapist.
Brian
The homophobic guy is still a practicing attorney. He’s still a part of the system. He will probably (?) be receiving a pension. …Yet people will celebrate and pretend that this has concluded.
spacecadet
It’s still a humiliation to the former judge and maybe a lesson that he’ll learn from.