CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Circuit Court judge has been accused of having pornographic images on his work computer and using improper conduct toward two female lawyers.
Brandt Downey, 60, habitually viewed pornography on his court-issued computer and had inappropriate contact and communications with female attorneys, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission said Tuesday.
Court employees were exposed to the images while working on Downey's computer, the charges state.
Downey's accused of telling an assistant state attorney, in private and in public, that she "looked nice today" and "looked pretty" and asked her to dine with him, which she declined. The charge also says he sent an inappropriate e-mail to a second female attorney.