Judge Joe Brown was arrested yesterday for Contempt of
Court. I’m not making this up
Poor Joe. He had to have been like my fourth or fifth favorite tv court judge.
Somewhere around there, yeah. Judge Wapner is the original and King of fake judges. I guess you'd have to put Judge Judy next, then Judge Milian (who took over The People's Court after Ed Koch left and was replaced briefly by Jerry Scheindlin.) Then, depending on your tolerance for nonsense, Joe Brown or Mills Lane would be next, followed by Judges Mathis, Hatchett, Doherty, Alex, Christina, Lopez, Young, Piro, Penny, Karen, Glass, and Goldwater...in whatever order you see fit because geeze...that's a lot. I almost find it difficult to believe that people watch all of those judge shows. Almost.
Anyway, Joe Brown had a court show for quite some time, ending only last year, in which he presided over a small claims court with two litigants who rarely had actual legal issues to resolve. The subject matter usually devolved into one litigant exposing the malfeasance of the other, followed by Judge Joe berating them for a while (long after the merits of the case became clear), questioning people's masculinity, and awarding a verdict in a usually angry manner.
This demeanor apparently spilled out into real court, with slightly different consequences. Judge Joe, now a lawyer, was in a civil court in Tennessee, and didn't like something that the Judge had to say. Joe became irate and questioned the judge's authority to preside over the court and threatening legal action against the court itself. The judge promptly slapped Joe with a contempt of court charge only to be met with more diatribe from Judge Joe. Four counts of contempt later, Joe Brown was removed from the courtroom and locked up in jail. Awesome!
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