
DETROIT (AP) – A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit against a suspended Wayne County judge accused of violating a man’s civil rights.
Robert King filed the suit earlier this year against Wade McCree and his alleged mistress, Geniene Mott.
READ MORE: Crime Without Punishment: Detroit Homicide Clearance Rates Rise as National Rates FallKing claimed McCree was having a sexual relationship with Mott while presiding over a child support case between her and King in which King was ordered to wear a tether until he paid child support.
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