A Memphis judge is banned from a Florida resort. He's accused of sexually harassing an employee. Eyewitness News Everywhere uncovered this is not the first time Criminal Court Judge Fred Axley has been accused of sexual harassment.
The first incident happened at 201 Poplar, where Judge Axley works. Two of his clerks filed lawsuits against him, saying they had been sexually harassed.
When Judge Axley was teaching a class at the University of Memphis, two students and another faculty member filed complaints against him. He was banned from the university.
Now he has been banned from a resort in Destin, FL, after an employee there says he sexually harassed her last week. On Wednesday, the Okaloosa Sheriff's Department was called to the Silver Shells Beach Resort in Destin because of Axley. He was not arrested, but he was given a written trespassing warning. On it, a manager at the resort said “this subject is barred permanently for sexual harassment of employees.” The Okaloosa Sheriff's Department says if he returns to the resort again, he will be arrested.
When we called the resort, an employee who asked not to be named, told us Axley had propositioned a massage therapist there for oral sex. The employee also said Axley had been to the resort once before, had made inappropriate requests then too, and had been asked not to return.
Sounds like a great guy. Details here from ABC24 Eyewitness News. Memphis blogger Thaddeus Matthews is all over this story.