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SunSeeker

(54,049 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:03 PM Dec 17

Judge in Hunter Biden case sued over underage drinking party, alleged beating

Source: LA Times

Wilson alleges that one of the guests, Jackson Dorlarque, assaulted him and struck “his head and body on a curb on the Scarsi property.” From the beating, Wilson lost consciousness, sustained a traumatic brain injury, and had to be hospitalized for more than two weeks, according to the lawsuit. The suit contends that a “major” cut to Wilson’s face has left permanent scarring that “will require” plastic surgery.

Then-President Trump appointed Scarsi, 59, to the federal bench in 2020. Before assuming his lifetime appointment, Scarsi was a prominent patent and intellectual property attorney.

From his courtroom in downtown L.A., he has presided over high-profile matters, including two cases brought by special counsel David Weiss: the prosecution of Hunter Biden and a separate prosecution of a former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov.

Recently, Scarsi gained national attention after he penned a rebuke of President Biden’s reasons for issuing a “full and complete” pardon of his son, Hunter.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-17/judge-in-hunter-biden-case-sued-over-underage-drinking-party-alleged-beating



Turns out the "Hunter deserves jail" judge had an underage rager at his Pasadena mansion. I am surprised LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong let them run this story. Probably just a momentary lapse in his fascist control of the paper.

Here's an alternative link if you want to read the full story without giving LA Times the clicks:

https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/judge-in-hunter-biden-case-sued-over-underage-drinking-party-alleged-beating/article_3974a6cc-dafc-55a9-a7f1-7b7692b2e97c.html
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Lulu KC

(5,010 posts)
4. He was the judge for both Hunter AND Alexander Smirnov?
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:10 PM
Dec 17

I am interested enough to type that out but not enough to read more. Just passing through.

SunSeeker

(54,049 posts)
7. Smirnov cut a plea deal with prosecutors, so Scarsi had little involvement.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:22 PM
Dec 17

Smirnov had been jailed since he was indicted in February. He faces up to 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine for the four counts. But federal sentencing guidelines call for a term of four to six years in prison when U.S. District Judge Otis Wright sentences him. Smirnov also agreed to pay $2.15 million in back taxes. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/16/alexander-smirnov-pleads-guilty-hunter-biden/77022841007/

So Scarsi won't even be doing the sentencing apparently.

SergeStorms

(19,339 posts)
5. Family values.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:17 PM
Dec 17

But the "family values" meme flew out the republican door when they started electing rapists and other criminals to office.

erronis

(17,174 posts)
6. Marcy Wheeler's excellent reporting on this trump judge
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:19 PM
Dec 17
https://www.emptywheel.net/?s=scarsi

I'm sure she'll be including more details on this LA Times story.

mercuryblues

(15,261 posts)
10. I wonder if Republicons used that to
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:50 PM
Dec 17

"convince" the judge to take on Hunter's case and swing it and shove him into prison.

2 high profile cases that have trumps fingerprints all over them.

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