"Close your legs? Call the police? Did you do any of those things?"

At the conclusion of that hearing, the courtroom’s recording system was still on after the parties to the dispute left the courtroom, and Russo could be heard saying, “What did you think of that? Did you hear the sex stuff?”

During the banter with his staff, Russo went on to say, “Oh, my God, that was — was that great?” and “What I lack in handwriting skills, I am the master of on the record being able to talk about sex acts with a straight face.”

Five members of the committee, including three retired judges, said Russo’s misconduct was “aggravated considerably” by those comments.

They said the comments “demonstrate an emotional immaturity wholly unbefitting the judicial office and incompatible with the decorum expected of every jurist, regardless of their judicial experience.”