Whitey Ford
07-07-2023, 03:43 PM
N.J. judge under investigation for lip-syncing lyrics about murder and drugs on TikTok
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A New Jersey judge used an alias to post TikTok videos lip-syncing rap and pop songs with controversial lyrics and did so, at times, while wearing judicial robes and in the courthouse, according to a judicial conduct complaint.
In some, he was wearing judicial robes or shown walking through a courthouse, according to the state’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. Others included explicit references to violence, sex and misogyny. At least one was taken in bed.
The posts undermined public confidence in the judiciary and violated judicial rules, it said.
The complaint also said that many of the videos included references to violence, sex and misogyny and that one post included the judge “partially dressed while lying in bed.”
According to the complaint, he used an alias, “Sal Tortorella,” to post roughly 40 publicly available videos on TikTok from 2021 to March 2023. Eleven were deemed inappropriate by the judicial conduct committee.
Several were recorded in his court chambers and included songs that contained “profanity, graphic sexual references to female and male body parts, and/or racist terms,” according to the committee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/nyregion/new-jersey-judge-gary-wilcox-tiktok.html
https://i.imgur.com/DxApy2X.jpg
A New Jersey judge used an alias to post TikTok videos lip-syncing rap and pop songs with controversial lyrics and did so, at times, while wearing judicial robes and in the courthouse, according to a judicial conduct complaint.
In some, he was wearing judicial robes or shown walking through a courthouse, according to the state’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. Others included explicit references to violence, sex and misogyny. At least one was taken in bed.
The posts undermined public confidence in the judiciary and violated judicial rules, it said.
The complaint also said that many of the videos included references to violence, sex and misogyny and that one post included the judge “partially dressed while lying in bed.”
According to the complaint, he used an alias, “Sal Tortorella,” to post roughly 40 publicly available videos on TikTok from 2021 to March 2023. Eleven were deemed inappropriate by the judicial conduct committee.
Several were recorded in his court chambers and included songs that contained “profanity, graphic sexual references to female and male body parts, and/or racist terms,” according to the committee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/nyregion/new-jersey-judge-gary-wilcox-tiktok.html