On one occasion in 2010, Chaney said she ran into Johnson in a court hallway and told him she had just come from a difficult hearing.Ĭhaney, who agreed to have her identity made public, said Johnson squeezed one of her breasts during the encounter. The suit says that Lui revealed a sexual harassment complaint by a California Highway Patrol officer against Johnson in an email sent to more than 10,000 court personnel. Johnson sued the 2nd District Court of Appeal, where he serves, and Presiding Administrative Justice Elwood Lui. Two lawsuits have already been filed stemming from the sexual harassment allegations. If the charges are found to be true, Johnson could face removal from the bench. The Commission on Judicial Performance, the independent state agency that will hear the charges against Johnson, has brought formal proceedings against only two other appellate justices since 1960. The judicial discipline case is highly unusual for a judge of Johnson’s position.
His lawyers said he has taken and passed a polygraph test. Arnold Schwarzenegger, has denied the most serious charges brought by at least 17 women, some of whom said he touched them without their consent. Jeffrey Johnson, 58, appointed to the appeals court by former Gov. A Los Angeles-based court of appeal justice will face a legal tribunal Monday on charges that he sexually harassed another justice, court staff and state security officers and appeared in public intoxicated.
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