A Florida judge has resigned before the resolution of ethics charges alleging she “repeatedly expressed paranoia” and exhibited “inexplicable” and “disruptive” behavior.
Judge Linda Schoonover of the Seminole-Brevard circuit court plans to retire Aug. 31,
Source: www.abajournal.com
The fascinating part of this tragic story is the Facebook incident.
The judge was presiding over a divorce action, and sent a Facebook friend request to the wife. The wife, understandably concerned that she would get a friend request from the judge on her case, asked her attorney what she should do. Her attorney advised her to ignore the friend request.
The judge was not pleased. She allegedly retaliated against the wife by ordering a very unfavorable, and inexplicable, division of the marital assets.
I’m reminded of that scene from Fatal Attraction, where the character played by Glenn Close says, “I will NOT be ignored,” before later boiling the bunny.
Be careful who you fail to friend.