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TikToking NJ Superior Court Judge Suspended TikToking NJ Superior Court Judge Suspended
TikToking NJ Superior Court Judge Suspended One of New Jersey's top judges has been suspended without pay over his TikTok accounts. A formal complaint by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct was filed last year against Bergen County Superior Court Judge Gary N. Wilcox.  The complaint cites Wilcox's 40 since-deleted videos posted under the pseudonym "Sal Tortorella" from April 2021 to March 2023. The complaint says that Wilcox recorded several TikTok videos in his chambers, including songs that contained profanity, graphic sexual references to female and male body parts, and/or racist terms.  In o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Reporter From NJ On Leave Over Personal Relationship With RFK Jr. Reporter From NJ On Leave Over Personal Relationship With RFK Jr.
Reporter From NJ On Leave Over Personal Relationship With RFK Jr. A prominent writer for New York Magazine and New Jersey native was placed on leave after engaging in a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who recently ended his independent presidential campaign. Olivia Nuzzi, who was raised in Middletown and attended Middletown High School, is believed to have started her relationship with Kennedy after writing a profile on him in November 2023, the Washington Post says citing a vague memo to staff from David Haskell. “We learned about the personal nature of Olivia’s relationship a few days ago,” editor David Haskell wrote in the memo. “She told …

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by Sam Barron
News
Judge In Essex Who Said 'Men Are In Control' Calls Remark 'Misguided' Judge In Essex Who Said 'Men Are In Control' Calls Remark 'Misguided'
Judge In Essex Who Said 'Men Are In Control' Calls Remark 'Misguided' A municipal court judge who sits in East Orange part-time and is an acting judge in Newark admitted Monday that comments he made to a defendant facing domestic violence charges were inappropriate, the Associated Press reported.  In October, the  state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct posted the complaint against Judge Steven Brister alleging a breach of conduct. In February, Brister told the defendant that he can't go at women "like Mike Tyson" and "at best"the defendant should treat women  "as if you're holding a feather, just to let them know you're the…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
POLL: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble? POLL: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble?
Poll: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble? Caren Z. Turner admits in her public statement issued Wednesday that she let her emotions get the best of her while attempting to help her children out of a traffic violation Easter weekend. Some people say the fact that she interjected herself alone was out of line while others maintain they would have tried to help their own kids had they been in a similar situation. What would you do? Vote below or read on if you are unfamiliar with the story. Last month, Port Authority Commissioner and Tenafly mom Turner showed up at the scene of a traffic stop -- her daughter a backseat passenger.  The…

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by Cecilia Levine