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NJ Judge Faces Complaint After Telling Defendant Men Should Let Women Know ‘You're the Man'

The complaint says the judge addressed a defendant facing domestic violence charges, telling him you can't go at women like "Mike Tyson"

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  • A NJ judge is facing a complaint after telling a defendant that men should treat women delicately "just to let them know you're the man"
  • The complaint says the judge addressed a defendant facing domestic violence charges, telling him you can't go at women like "Mike Tyson"
  • He went on to tell the man to treat women "as if you're holding a feather, just to let them know you're the man and you're in control"

A New Jersey judge is facing a complaint over comments to a defendant suggesting men should treat women delicately "just to let them know you're the man and you're in control."

The state Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct posted the complaint Tuesday alleging a breach of conduct against Municipal Court Judge Steven Brister.

The complaint says Brister addressed a defendant facing domestic violence charges in February, telling him you can't go at women like "Mike Tyson," and "at best," you treat women "as if you're holding a feather, just to let them know you're the man and you're in control."

Brister sits in East Orange part time and is an acting judge in Newark.

A message was left for him seeking a response.

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