YOU ARE TRAINED TO RESPECT THEM, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GO WRONG

Well, here is a good one!  Anybody hear of Judge John Caruso? 

Well, according to a recent article published in The Hartford Courant, you aren't the only one that's heard of him.  Apparently, last year Judge Caruso was accused of sexually harassing a court clerk at Hartford Family Court.

The author of this article, Mr. Kevin Rennie, explains that Judge Caruso is a judge trial referee which means that he has passed the mandatory retirement age for judges, which is 70, and now works on a per diem basis at the age of 76.

Apparently, Judge Caruso has been working in Hartford Family court for the last ten years which is where he got up to this bad behavior of his.  When the clerk complained, in response, the Administrative Judge Barbara A. Quinn wrote Judge Caruso a letter of reprimand, and then transferred him to New Britain. 

Once in New Britain Judge Caruso again continued on with this disgusting behavior.  According to Rennie, within two months of his transfer to New Britain there was an additional complaint that Judge Caruso was sexually harassing another clerk. 

Apparently, he attempted to have this particular clerk assigned to him even though doing so is contrary to standard court procedure.  He then pressured this clerk to go out on dates with him.  Furthermore, Judge Caruso obtained this clerk's personal email address and  cell phone number.  Then he called her over the weekend and tried to get her to go out on a date with him.  Ew!  Disguusstttiiinngg. 

Apparently, this new clerk also complained about the situation and in response Judge Barbara Quinn rapped Judge Caruso on the knuckles, telling him in a letter that his behavior was improper, demanding that he write a letter of apology to the clerk, and asking him to write the remainder of his decisions in the state law library. Caruso was also told that he would receive no further assignments for another three months.  

After that, what were the plans for the future? 

Guess what!  Judge Quinn intended to transfer Judge Caruso to another location where he could start up all over again. Wow, what a great solution...NOT! 

According to Kevin Rennie of The Hartford Courant, once Judge Caruso heard that these charges would be published in the newspaper, he began to protest that he was innocent, but the protestations didn't sound too credible. 

Meanwhile, how many dirtbags are they going to keep on sending to family court to adjudicate cases for trusting and unsuspecting litigants.  Beats me!