The state Judicial Qualifications Commission announced Thursday that it will no longer pursue ethics charges against a former appeals judge who came under fire for his financial dealings with a stripper.
Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr. had vowed to fight the charges but then resigned abruptly last month from the 2nd District Court of Appeal, just days before he was scheduled to appear for a deposition in the case.
In a court filing with the Florida Supreme Court, JQC general counsel Michael Schneider cited Stringer’s resignation and his promise to never again serve as a judge as the reasons for the ethics charges being dismissed.
