French Judge Suspended For Masturbating During Deliberations

[matcom]

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BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - A French judge was placed under official investigation for "sexual exposure" in a courtroom, prosecutors said on Friday, after a newspaper reported the judge masturbated while a lawyer pleaded her case.

The 39-year old judge masturbated for several minutes on Wednesday while listening to a female lawyer addressing the court in a case dealing with a dispute between neighbors, regional paper La Charente Libre said.

One of the paper's reporters saw the judge "making unambiguous gestures after discretely lifting his judicial robe and opening his trousers," it said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20031020/od_nm/odd_france_masturbation_dc

[GOPisEvil]

1. OMG!!!

Dude...take that into chambers! :scared:

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. I guess they don't exercise judicial restrain in France.

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[speckledgator]

3. hehehehe KINKY

[soupkitchen]

4. Well it puts coming to a decision in a different light

[jesus]

18. As it does "Banging the Gavel."

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

5. Well, now we know why justice is blind.

[Robb]

6. Clearly!

LOL! Justice is blind, has hairy palms, and kills kittens.... :)

[kmla]

10. Bwahahaha!

You funny, dude!

:D

[Cat Atomic]

7. Well, maybe it was a really erotic dispute between neighbors.

Could be. I reserve judgement.

[WoodrowFan]

8. the trial was either

REALLY boring or really interesting! (or that lady lawyer really hot!)

[VermontDem2004]

14. I think REALLY boring

people who done jury duty told me there were a few times where the judge looked like he was going to fall asleep, I guess he was doing this to kill time. :) But I am surprised he didn't moan, make any facial expressions or whatever for several minutes.

[sistersofmercy]

9. LMAO!

Unbelievable! Now that's a potential sticky situation. Perhaps, he just had an itch or something?

[Kellanved]

11. Well, yes

He is an associate judge and did some strange things prior to the "event". (went shopping in his robe).

[DivinBreuvage]

12. That's so typical of a Frenchman

They just whip it out whenever. Now you understand why they liked Bill Clinton so much and why they refuse to help a real American president fight terrorism!

Don't forget also that this is the same country that invented the concepts of voyeurisme, frottage, sadisme, and the Story of O! Perverts one and all.

Françoise

[VermontDem2004]

15. Are you being sarcastic?

[DivinBreuvage]

16. The probability is high, VermontDem

n/t

[VermontDem2004]

17. couldn't tell

[VermontDem2004]

13. wtf?

several minutes went before they found out? That is unbelievable.

[joeybee12]

19. Several minutes--perhaps he's not all that gifted...

...if you know what I mean.

They didn't ntoice anything in his hand!!!!!!!!!!!