Alabama probate judge suspended for sexually explicit, nude messages to former litigant
Tallapoosa County Probate Judge Leon Archer has been suspended after the Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a judicial ethics complaint against him Wednesday related to admittedly exchanging sexually explicit Facebook messages with a woman who was a former litigant in his court.
Archer admitted to the commission that among the sexually explicit photos he had exchanged with the woman on Facebook messaging were photos of his genitals, taken while at the county courthouse.
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary will hold a hearing on the JIC complaint Monday (Aug. 8) to resolve the case after the JIC and Archer agreed to have an expedited hearing, according to documents filed Wednesday night. Archer waived the right to enter responses to the complaint in the case.
Archer first admitted to the sexually explicit exchange earlier this year in an interview with the Alexander City Outlook.
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