Daily News | New Jersey judge’s TikToks spark investigation
A New Jersey judge could face discipline or removal from the bench because of a series of TikToks.against Superior Court Judge Gary Wilcox surrounding short public videos he posted under the alias “Sal Tortorella.”
including in his chambers or wearing his judicial robes. In at least one of the TikToks — which are no longer publicly available — the judicial conduct complaint says he was “partially dressed while lying in bed.”Wilcox, 58, is a graduate of Harvard Law School who presides over criminal cases in Bergen County.
Some of the videos the complaint described mirror popular TikTok trends. For instance, in one, Wilcox appeared to be in his chambers and wearing a suit while lip-syncing to a“These are mainstream performers,” Wilcox’s lawyer, Robert B. Hillie told The investigation will likely involve arguments about free speech. In one video the complaint references, Wilcox can be seen wearing a “Freedom of Speech” T-shirt while lip-syncing to a scene from the movie, “Next Friday.”
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