By FITSNews || Two S.C. Circuit Court judges have been privately reprimanded by S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal for sending and receiving sexually-explicit text and media messages, sources tell FITS.
Amazingly, one of the judges is alleged to have viewed the naughty notes while on the bench, in the middle of a case!
Both of the judges are male, according to a source close to the Supreme Court. In both instances, the dirty messages and pictures are said to have been sent back and forth between personal cell phones (not taxpayer-funded phones), which we’re guessing is the only reason these alleged indiscretions are staying “private.”
Stay tuned … we can’t wait to dig to the bottom of this one!
By You gotta be kiddin me May 6, 2010 at 11:53 am
No Way?
Larry Richter at it again?
No wait a minute. He got his ass kicked off the bench for trying to buy sex with cocaine so it can’t be him.
By Todd May 6, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Judges and close, important lawyer friends of the Queen always only receive private reprimands. All the judges have their blackberries, iphones and laptops open and in use during hearings these days. A judge admitted to me she was IM’ing with her kid during a hearing.
By Nathan Earle May 6, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Another good reason to reform the way we choose judges in South Carolina. We might as well call the judiciary the “unaccountable branch” of government. Oh wait–they’re ALL unaccountable.
By Fancy Bastard May 6, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Forget the story. CVB as the day’s tuneage. I prefer Jack Ruby or When I Win the Lottery, but Laundromat works too.
By So What May 6, 2010 at 1:43 pm
The wobbly nature of this site’s Libertarian streak is illustrated by this story. What these guys do on their personal cell phones is no one’s business — unless the pics are kiddie porn.
Even if they did text while working that’s something nearly everyone reading this story has done themselves at the office. It’s hardly a major distraction and is certainly not a story.
By reasonable May 6, 2010 at 1:59 pm
FITS and its respondents specialize in a twisted brand of schadenfreude on a regular basis. Let’s assume for a moment that these judges have wives and children. Let’s assume also that the wives and children have done nothing to warrant ridicule. Publishing the wayard tactics of these judges by outing them by name would not forward any agenda other than to titillate your readers who take pleasure in the suffering of others. Give some thought to the fallout that comes to the innocent family members of those you name in some of your stories. I have a friend who has been the recipient of the carelessness that comes from some of what you put out there. It’s not a fair trade-off.
By not too smart May 6, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Sic-This is why I love this website, the entertainment. Then I see the question mark at the end of the headline ala fox news and I realize this story is just crap. But certainly entertaining crap.
By Zach May 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm
If or when my wife kicks me to the curb and we have to have a hearing on the $100 bucks worth of assets we have and who has to keep our brats, I would like my judge to be paying attention and not looking at some nekkid babe he might be buying for the night.
By Crash May 6, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Reasonable, I couldnt have said it better myself.
By Concur May 6, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Reasonable and So What are dead on about this.
By fitsnews May 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm
We didn’t release their names, did we?
Some of you act like we have no soul …
-FITS
By reasonable May 6, 2010 at 4:01 pm
No comments on your soul. I try not to make judgments in situations in which I have no personal relationship with the folks involved. However, you certainly implied that you might release names. You have made some pretty darn egregious claims about people without backing them up and without need to do so to make the political point you needed to make.
By fitsnews May 6, 2010 at 4:08 pm
We might release names.
And as for “darn egregious claims,” we have the best network of political sources in the state, which we use to bring as much truth to light as possible using our best judgment possible.
If you don’t like it, go read the friggin’ MSM.
they don’t investigate sh*t over there.
-FITS
By SubZeroIQ May 6, 2010 at 5:07 pm
FITS: Please let me put this comment on all your stories today.
Why did you drop the ball on the Benjamin collision?
It has now become something much bigger and the most serious in South Carolina history. Why? Because Chief of Police Carter refused to appear before the City of Columbia Council, which called him on Wednesday to report on why the investigation was so secret and taking so long.
Now Carter has forced the City Council to cancel its Friday morning meeting meant to require an outside agency to investigate this one and in the future. Carter refused and defied the Council.
One thing cannot happen in America: those armed by the people cannot refuse to answer to the civilian authority elected by the people.
If that happens, we no longer have a democracy but a military or police dictatorship.
This is not funny. Please take it seriously. Thanks and God bless.
By reasonable May 6, 2010 at 5:18 pm
My only point is that you could exercise a bit more restraint in trying to accomplish what you spelled out as your purpose. For example, you could refrain from innuendo that you do not later back up with facts provided by your amazing sources. It might also be nice to moderate some of the things your readers post, many of which might be actionable as libel but for the anonymity of blogs.
By Ed May 10, 2010 at 12:56 pm
I wonder if one of them is no longer a trial judge but has been elected to the Court of Appeals. The same one who has quite the reputation for being a Don Juan.
By Dennis May 10, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Having spent more than 25 years as a detective in the biggest city in the state and having been through court at every level in the state, there used to be a few great men who made incredible Judges. No one heard about them, they did the right thing and paid attention in court. Now we got the few that got their jobs by simply existing in the “good ole boy” network. They have no business practicing law, so the Peter Principle was applied to them, elevated to their highest level of incompetence! Yes, the “good ole boy” network is alive and well in South Carolina and as long as we allow that, then we deserve being mocked in comedy skits!