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Earlier
this
month,
the
Michigan
state
Judicial
Tenure
Commission
filed
an
eight
count
ethics
complaint
(available
in
full
below)
against
Judge
Thomas
D.
Wilson,
alleging
a
variety
of
inappropriate
behaviors
during
his
time
on
the
bench.
According
to
the
complaint,
Wilson
abused
alcohol
between
2013
and
2021.
During
that
time
he
would
appear
in
public
“smelling
of
alcohol,
looking
disheveled,
or
appearing
flushed.”
During
an
interview
with
the
Commission,
Wilson
also
stated
he
would,
on
occasion,
leave
the
courthouse,
go
home
and
drink
alcohol,
before
returning
to
court.
There
are
also
allegations
of
several
different
instances
of
sexual
harassment
of
women
judges
and
lawyers
he
worked
with,
including
commenting
on
their
body
parts
and/or
attractiveness.
Wilson
is
also
alleged
to
have
boasted
about
his
sexual
exploits,
telling
one
judge,
“that
his
penis
became
so
red
(implying
sexual
activity)
that
he
had
to
have
it
checked
out
at
the
health
department.”
Wilson
also
allegedly
had
relationships
with
parties
or
attorneys
appearing
before
him
that
he
failed
to
disclose
and
inserted
himself
in
cases
not
before
him.
Wilson’s
attorney,
Thomas
W.
Cranmer
of
Miller,
Canfield,
Paddock
and
Stone
PLC
told
Bloomberg
Law
Wilson
is
a
“respected
and
trusted
jurist
in
Jackson
County”
who
looks
forward
to
“clearing
his
name.”
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Rubino
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Senior
Editor
at
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