A CLOAK-AND-DAGGER saga of judicial corruption has been exposed, costing taxpayers a MASSIVE $650,000 and revealing a SHOCKING conspiracy of retaliation at the highest levels. Georgeanna Semary, a 14-year veteran court aide, was BRUTALLY PUNISHED for the “crime” of handing over PUBLIC records—exposing her boss, Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze, for funneling nearly HALF A MILLION DOLLARS to a crony.
This is not a simple workplace dispute. This is a CALCULATED ATTACK on the First Amendment. Semary was demoted and driven out for revealing invoices that laid bare Celebrezze’s EXTENSIVE PATTERN of misconduct, appointing her “longtime friend” Mark Dottore to lucrative cases. The judge’s inner circle then weaponized the court’s power to SILENCE a whistleblower, with the court administrator directly accusing Semary of an “ethical” violation for simply DOING HER JOB.
The $400,000 settlement, unanimously approved by the county council, is a DAMNING indictment. It proves the system KNOWS the judge is guilty. Celebrezze’s conduct was so egregious a state board recommended a two-year suspension, citing FALSE STATEMENTS to investigators and fellow judges. An FBI probe looms. Yet, she remains on the bench, her fate in the hands of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Legal experts warn this is a CHILLING BLUEPRINT for killing transparency: punish the low-level employee to protect the powerful. Every journalist and every citizen should be TERRIFIED. The court’s records are YOUR property, and a judge just proved she will DESTROY a loyal employee’s career to keep you in the dark. This isn’t just a legal settlement; it’s a ransom paid by the public to a justice system that declared war on truth. The real verdict is that your trust in the law has been betrayed.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
