Florida Judge Thomas E. Stringer spent over thirty years building his legal career. He worked his way up from an assistant state attorney to an appeals court judge in the Tampa Bay area. In 2007, he was even inducted into his law school’s hall of fame.
Well all of that time of hardworking and perseverance has become tarnished by scandal.
“It is axiomatic that ‘Judge‘ and ‘Stripper’ showing up in a headline is never a good thing, especially if you happen to be the ‘Judge,’” then Tampa Tribune columnist Daniel Ruth wrote after the story broke”
Last spring, the well respected married judge found his face plastered all over the place next to a troubled, kimono clad exotic dancer. The dancer claimed that the judge had helped her hide money from creditors, rented an apartment in NYC for her, and claimed that the two had been romantically involved.
“Criminal charges are possible, though the FBI declined to comment. The state agency that oversees judges dropped misconduct charges after Stringer, who stepped down in February and draws monthly retirement benefits of $8,069, agreed never to be a judge again.”
“Stringer, 64, graduated from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport in the 1970s. He was the first black graduate from his law school. He became an assistant state attorney and later a circuit judge in Tampa’s Hillsborough County. There, in the family law division, he built a reputation as a judge who insisted that all sides be heard.”
In March 2008, Christy Yamanaka, 48, came forward saying that she said she met the judge in 1995, when she was a stripper in Tampa. Five years later, she was deep in debt and turned to him for advice. Later, she said she went public after Stringer refused to repay money he owed her.
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