She was a newly appointed judge that was assigned to the case.
She was a newly appointed judge that was assigned to the case. She discussed the case with other judges who had been previously assigned to the case, including one judge that was personally connected to the defendants, the perpetrators. She demanded that the plaintiff/victim choose between two appointments or be sanctioned. He would have met both appointments but that was not what she wanted to hear so she sanctioned the plaintiff/victim thousands of dollars. Judicial bias is what it is called. Eventually, she chose to recuse, but not until she had a part in damaging the victim’s case.