Broward Circuit reassigns Gary Farmer for making lewd comments from the bench
Broward Circuit Judge Gary Farmer recently spoke a little too loosely from the bench. Several vulgar comments he made in one day earned him a reassignment this week from the court’s criminal division to its civil court.
As first reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Farmer — a former Senate Democratic Leader — shared a trifecta of thoughts unbefitting a Judge while ruling over his courtroom last month.
On Thursday, court administrators confirmed it was Farmer’s comments that prompted the change and ordered that he swap seats with Judge Marina Garcia Wood, who until then oversaw foreclosure cases.
On Aug. 15, Farmer told one defendant to wear a condom while on probation, recited gay wor...
