Odinet resigns as Lafayette City Court judge

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Lafayette Judge Michelle Odinet has sent a missive to the Louisiana Supreme Court announcing her resignation arsenic Lafayette City Court judge.

Judge Odinet's attorney, Dane Ciolino, filed the missive connected Odinet's behalf connected Friday, December 31.

Odinet's missive was sent to Chief Justice John Weimer and states that she would beryllium stepping down effectual immediately.

Read her afloat missive below:

"I instrumentality afloat work for the hurtful words utilized to picture the idiosyncratic who burglarized the vehicles astatine my home. I americium atrocious for the symptom that I person caused my assemblage and inquire for your forgiveness, arsenic my words did not foster the public's assurance and integrity for the judiciary.

After overmuch reflection and prayer, and successful bid to facilitate healing wrong the community, I hereby resign arsenic justice of the Lafayette City Court effectual immediately. I americium sending a transcript of this missive to the Secretary of State and anticipation that a peculiar predetermination tin beryllium scheduled to capable the vacancy that my resignation creates."

Odinet was connected unpaid permission aft video footage taken astatine her location circulated online pursuing an attempted burglary there.

The video appears to amusement a radical of radical watching location surveillance. A woman's dependable tin beryllium heard saying the n-word and comparing the fishy to a roach.

Odinet said successful a statement, astatine the time, that she was fixed a sedative and had "zero recollection of the video and the disturbing connection utilized during it."

Retired Opelousas City Judge Vanessa Harris volition beryllium seated arsenic justice pro tempore of Division A, Lafayette City Court, for the play of December 17, 2021 done February 28, 2022, taxable to the completion of immoderate unfinished business, according to the La. Supreme Court. See that communicative here

See the resignation missive below:

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