NJ Judge Defends 'Close Your Legs' Comment To Ethics Panel

By Jeannie O'Sullivan (October 17, 2018, 10:44 PM EDT) -- A New Jersey judge who asked an alleged sexual assault victim if she could "close her legs" to avert such an attack told a state ethics panel Wednesday that he had been trying to elicit clearer testimony from her, and was not trying to humiliate and embarrass her....

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