Judge Samuel Kent Just Wants a Hug. Is That So Wrong?
(Well, throw in a BJ and some breastfeeding, and yeah.)
Judge Samuel B. Kent (S.D. Texas) joins Judge Elizabeth Halverson and Chief Judge Edward Nottingham in our Judge of the Day Hall of Fame. He will no longer be eligible for recognition as a Judge of the Day, having transcended this award.
Why is Judge Kent deserving of induction? In the Houston Chronicle, Lise Olsen offers a detailed report of the allegations against Judge Kent (which we previously discussed here and here). The money quote:
[Case manager Cathy] McBroom was summoned to the judge’s chambers on Friday, March 23, at about 3 p.m.Her hands were full of legal papers when the judge — a former high school athlete who is more than 6 inches taller and at least 100 pounds heavier — asked for a hug.
She told him she didn’t think that was appropriate, but reluctantly approached.
The judge grabbed Mc-Broom, pulled up her blouse and her bra and put his mouth on her breast. Then, Kent forced her head down toward his crotch.
As McBroom struggled, Kent kept telling the married mother of three what he wanted to do to her in words too graphic to publish. The papers fell to the floor. The pet bulldog Kent kept in his chambers began to bark.
The incident was interrupted by the sound of footsteps from another staff member in the corridor, and the judge loosened his grip. As she left, the judge said McBroom was a good case manager and then made suggestions about engaging in a sexual act.
McBroom ran out crying.
Review additional allegations, including a claim by a different ex-employee that Judge Kent once told her he could “service me when my husband was being treated for prostate cancer,” by clicking here.
How far did this federal judge go? [Houston Chronicle]
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Firstity!
good lord Lat i am in class! i'm not supposed to board the Lollocopter while i am in class.
Wow. This reads like a V.C. Andrews novel.
Too bad he wasn't hot...
I think we should have a poll - will he resign or be impeached first...
Lollocopter?
Ah, Texas.
Uh....is this for real? Clerks?
Pull up their blouse and bra then put your mouth on their breasts...why didn't I think of that?
Probably a close friend of the roflcopter (http://members.cox.net/pimpbot9000/roflcopter.htm) and, to a lesser extent, the lolocaust (http://www.lolocaust.org/).
I'm guessing lollocopter means the poster burst out laughing in class.
We should be constructive and try to name this event. How's McBroom-bra-gate? (where "bra" is pronounced "brah")
Has the judge checked into rehab yet?
If he hasn't, anyone want to start a countdouwn vigil?
Judge HuggyGrope!
Is this the judge for whom the "unfunded" S.D. Texas clerkship job opening was posted recently?
He's the Galveston-Halverson.
From the Chronicle article: "McBroom and her attorney, Rusty Hardin, would not comment on specifics. However, Hardin told the Chronicle he is preparing a criminal complaint for federal officials."
RUSTY HARDIN? Porn star name of the day.
This reads like just another day at the office in the Clinton White House.
Wow... I was afraid that's what lollocopter meant. That might be... no, actually that is... the stupidist thing I have ever heard.
*allegedly*
Someone forgot the three rules for avoiding sexual harrassment:
1. Be handsome
2. Be attractive
3. Don't be unattractive
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=539923
why no mention of his frequently witty opinions?
Witty opinions mentioned in earlier ATL post:
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2007/08/musical_chairs_judge_jenkins_t.php
According to James Carville, someone who doesn't like the judge must have dragged a ten dollar bill through a trailer park to come up with this.
Too bad he wasn't a Democratic president from Arkansas. He would be hailed as a hero just like that great humanitarian Bill "Put some ice on that, Juantia" Clinton.
If this is the judge I'm thinking about, he wrote the only legal opinions worth reading in law school.
"The pet bulldog Kent kept in his chambers began to bark."
lol.
1:46, Show some respect!!!
This is the same Rusty Hardin to whom Anna Nicole Smith shouted, "Screw you, Rusty" during a hearing/deposition back when she was first battling for her late husband's assets in Texas state court. He's a legend :)
I like how it's "worse" because she is a married mother of three. As if being single and childless would make her less of a victim. Gross.
HE'S AN IN REAL LIFE XOXO GROSS OLD MAN!
Given that two of the three members of the Judge of the Day Hall of Fame are federal judges, you may need to reconsider your "state courts are icky" motto, Lat.
So close -- Art. III's are eligible for retirement (at full salary, of course) when their age + years of service = 80. Kent is 58 and has been on the bench for 17 years, bringing him five years short of being able to peace out quickly.
Maybe Hunton & Williams will hire him so he and Kyle Sampson can put their mouths on each other's man-boobs for $450/hr.
okay, 11:17, that's just gross.
"a former high school athlete", yeah about 40 years ago, I hear you need to be a highly conditioned athlete to grope those elusive paper-wielding case managers
The allegations are serious, and if true, disgusting. Judge Kent, who is based in Galveston, not Houston, allegedly committed a crime. It's not a laughing matter. Grow up people.
Word is that the Department of Justice is investigating the allegations, and that prominent Texas congressional members are seeking impeachment.
Re: post at 2:04pm -- I meant that U.S. Congress members from Texas are calling for Judge Kent's impeachment.
Re: post at 2:04pm -- I meant that U.S. Congress members from Texas are calling for Judge Kent's impeachment.
I used to think Judge Kent was a semi-amusing and iconoclastic judge, what with all his acerbic and witty opinions.
But after reading this, I am now convinced he's just an asshole.