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<\/span><\/figure>\n“In the last fifty years I was sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females,” wrote the Chagrin Falls, Ohio, native.<\/p>\n
The 70-year-old Democrat went on to describe two of the women and his alleged encounters with them.<\/p>\n
“It ranged from a gorgeous personal secretary to Senator Bob Taft (Senior) who was my first true love and we made passionate love in the hayloft of her parents barn.”<\/p>\n
He later edited the post to clarify it was the secretary – not Senator Taft – with whom he purportedly had sexual relations.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Cleveland.com after the post was published,\u00a0Judge O’Neill confirmed he had written it.<\/a><\/p>\n He told the publication the number “50” could be incorrect since he “doesn’t keep count”.<\/p>\n Judge O’Neill also said he did not think it improper for a Supreme Court justice to divulge particulars of his sex life.<\/p>\n According to Ohio media, Judge O’Neill must retire from the bench when his current term ends in 2019 due to age restrictions.<\/p>\n He is the only Democrat not just on the state Supreme Court, but to hold state-wide office in Ohio.<\/p>\n The over-sharing jurist launched his campaign for governor in late October on a platform of expanding mental care access, tax incentives for solar power, and legalising cannabis – the last of which he mentioned in his Facebook tell-all.<\/p>\n The post provoked an avalanche of responses on social media ranging from baffled to admiring to derisive.<\/p>\n One woman wrote: “YOU ARE TRASH.”<\/p>\n A man posted: “You earned my vote.”<\/p>\n Many pointed out the judge’s encounters appeared to be consensual in contrast to Senator Al Franken, who along with Senate hopeful Roy Moore, is accused of non-consensual sexual contact.<\/p>\n Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor condemned her colleague in a statement.<\/p>\n “No words can convey my shock,” she said.<\/p>\n “This gross disrespect for women shakes the public’s confidence in the integrity of the judiciary.”<\/p>\n Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach wrote to Judge O’Neill on Twitter: “Not only have you lost any glimpse of support from me, (you’ve) also lost my respect.”<\/p>\n Mary Taylor, Republican lieutenant governor of Ohio, posted on Twitter: “There’s a very serious conversation going on right now in this country about sexual harassment and @BillForOhio’s crass post is ill-timed and dismissive at best.”<\/p>\n “We have to be better than this,” she added.<\/p>\n But Judge O’Neill doubled down on his comments in a subsequent Facebook post.<\/p>\n “Lighten up folks,” he scolded his critics.<\/p>\n “This is how Democrats remain in the minority.”<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Judge](\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/139E8\/production\/_98806308_capture.jpg\")
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