A judicial oversight committee says an embattled New Jersey judge violated rules of conduct when he asked an alleged rape victim during a May 2016 hearing whether she knew to close her legs to prevent sexual assault. The state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct detailed the incident along with three other alleged code violations in a complaint against Superior Court Judge John F. Russo filed on Monday. The woman had been seeking a restraining order against the man who allegedly raped her. During the hearing, the plaintiff said she and the defendant had just returned from a trip to Home Depot when he raped her. In another instance detailed in the complaint, Russo allegedly violated rules of conduct when he ruled on an alimony case in which he admitted to knowing both parties.

Source: Huffington Post March 29, 2018 21:00 UTC