I cannot believe Judge Joe Brown was on the other side of the law - my LORD, he ought to know better than to put himself in contempt of court. TV personality Joe Brown is currently behind bars. The former host of "Judge Joe Brown is in jail in Memphis after being held in contempt in Shelby County Juvenile Court, media news outlet, ABC News has confirmed.
"Right now, he's being processed at our facility," said Chip Washington, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. "That's about it for right now." Washington added that Brown's sentence was five days in jail.
According to the Commercial Appeal, Judge Joe Brown, allegedly yelled at Juvenile Court Magistrate Harold "Hal" Horne during a child support hearing. "He all but had that courtroom in a riot,'' Juvenile Court Chief Magistrate Dan Michael told the newspaper. Michael said, Judge Joe Brown, who is running for Shelby County District Attorney, arrived at the courthouse and began shaking hands and asking people for votes. He then sat in a courtroom for 20 minutes before approaching the bench and complaining about delays.
"He then began a diatribe against Mr. Horne and the authority of the court," Michael told the paper, adding that the judge asked him to "desist." It wasn't immediately clear what business, if any, Judge Joe Brown had in the courtroom. Harold Horne had Judge Joe Brown arrested. He continued to protest, so Horne added four additional counts, making Judge Joe Brown's sentence five days in jail. Judge Joe Brown is a former Shelby County, Tenn., Criminal Court judge. His reality TV show aired from 1998 to 2013.
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Judge Joe Brown should of followed his own rules of the law instead of being on the other side of it
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