Hearing set for NJ judge accused of improper comment to victim
<p>A New Jersey judge accused of asking a woman in court why she didn't "close her legs" to stop a sexual assault will have his own hearing this week.</p>
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Oct 16, 2018, 10:08 PM
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(AP) - A New Jersey judge accused of asking a woman in court why she didn't "close her legs" to stop a sexual assault will have his own hearing this week.
A committee on judicial conduct in Trenton will consider the case of state Superior Court Judge John Russo on Wednesday.
Russo is accused of making the comment in 2016 to a woman seeking a restraining order against a man she accused of forcing her to have sex.
A complaint filed in March also accuses Russo of other conduct violations.
Russo has been on administrative leave since last year.
In a response filed last month, Russo argued the complaint contained factual inaccuracies and should be dismissed.
He says the comment to the woman didn't accurately reflect his handling of the matter.
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