Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias.
He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.
The court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary.
The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time.
Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday “to recharge his psychic powers”.
In a letter to the court he said: “From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal.”
However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public’s acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule.
If their names were Jesus, God the Father, and The Holy Spirit, he would not have had a problem. All this proves is that those people are prejudiced against Latinos.
But he should have a problem, regardless of how his insanity manifests. Really, the argument is for extending the definition to include more boring variations of mystical crazy, not the other way around.
I wonder how many devout Christians would be considered mildly schitzophrenic if they went cuckoo for cocoa puffs instead of Christ. I was on a search for a guy who was off his meds and was found (dead of hypothermia) naked on the banks of a river. A psychologist figured he was baptising himself.
This is really unclear. How could it be indecent exposure if it was hidden under his robes? I mean presumably he didn’t pull it out and show it to everyone.
The sound of Thompson using the pump was heard by a number of witnesses, who said that the noise sounded “like air being pumped or released” from a blood pressure cuff.
Thompson, 57, hasn’t been available for comment but his attorney, Clark Brewster, said Thursday that Thompson is “horrified” by the accusations.
“The whole genesis for the allegations involves a well-known courthouse joke,” Brewster said. “About the time he turned 50, he was given a gag gift by a hunting buddy, a penis pump, in poor taste. It sat in the courthouse the past several years and was in various places.”
Many of the lawyers and court personnel were aware of the pump, which became the butt of jokes, he said.
“The individuals that we believe are behind this attempt to embarrass the judge took that opportunity to blow it into a much more sinister set of allegations.”
The petition also alleged that Thompson masturbated in view of his female court reporter during a number of court proceedings.
The judge admitted the penis pump was under the bench during a murder trial on Aug. 22 and at other times but denied using the device, Edmondson’s petition states.
“A couple of police officers upset with rulings he made tried to make it something it was not,” he said. “He’s not going to tolerate these falsehoods.”
Sapulpa police officers wouldn’t comment on Brewster’s statement Thursday. The officers, the police chief and court personnel are listed as witnesses who were present at a criminal trial in Thompson’s court.
The attorney general said Thompson violated the code of judicial ethics that requires high standards of conduct, among other things. He also committed an offense involving moral turpitude, Edmondson alleges.
Lisa Foster, a court reporter for Thompson for 15 years, told investigators she witnessed the judge’s sexual behavior “15 to 20 times.”
She was fired after the judge heard she had cooperated with an investigation into his activities, Edmondson said.
Also fired was Zelma Hindman, the judge’s secretary, who talked to investigators, Edmondson said.
“On one occasion, Thompson sent Hindman to run an errand and when she returned to the courtroom, she saw that Thompson had the pump in his lap,” the complaint said. “He jumped when he saw her. Hindman thought she saw his penis.”
Police built a case against the judge after a police officer testifying in a 2003 murder trial saw a piece of plastic tubing disappear under Thompson’s robe. During a lunch break, officers took photographs of the pump under the desk.
Investigators later checked the carpet, Thompson’s robes and the chair behind the bench and found semen, according to court records.
Prosecutor Richard Smothermon said McCall handed down a proper sentence.
“I thought the judge did the right thing,” Smothermon said. “He treated this defendant the same as every other defendant in Oklahoma.
“Any sex crime is a serious crime. People with sexual deviances are a danger to society.”
Defense attorney Clark Brewster said there were grounds for appeal.
Judge Floro’s 400 pages BOOK - “World Famous Mystic Armand, Luis & Angel, The THREE Dwarves, MEET THE JUDGE, Psychic and Healing Martyr of Filipino Justice”
1c. Sydney Morning Herald | 2006 Times Online Judge of the Year
The award for judge of the year went to Judge Florentino Floro Jr. - The Times December 05, 2006
A chilli-hot year for whiny garbage - David Pannick, QC
I think that may be the actual guy. I mean, who else could have possibly followed this case so closely? Fortunately, he should feel right at home here in P&R.
