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<\/p>\nEric Roberson, a Jacksonville circuit court judge who was facing formal misconduct charges over comments he allegedly made from the bench, has retired.<\/p>\n
Action News Jax learned Tuesday that Roberson has left the bench effective October 1.<\/p>\n
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Judge Eric Roberson retires<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n His departure comes after the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed formal charges against him on June 11. Roberson later filed an answer to those charges in July.<\/p>\n ‘God bless you for not beating the tar out of her’<\/p>\n The allegations centered on Roberson’s conduct and comments during multiple court proceedings.<\/p>\n In one instance, the commission alleged Roberson referred to a woman as an “entitled little snot” and told her father, “God bless you for not beating the tar out of her.”<\/p>\n Judge Eric Roberson complaint<\/p>\n In another case, Roberson allegedly told a respondent, “There’s something seriously off with you.”<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Judge’s defense<\/p>\n An attorney for Roberson previously said the judge “acknowledges and is remorseful” for conduct described by the commission.<\/p>\n In a July response to the charges, his attorney argued Roberson had complied with 10 of the 11 judicial canons cited by the JQC.<\/p>\n How we got here<\/p>\n Roberson was appointed to the Fourth Judicial Circuit bench by then-Gov. Rick Scott in 2017.<\/p>\n His retirement is not the first time a Fourth Judicial Circuit judge has left the bench while facing scrutiny from the JQC.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n In 2017, Judge Mark Hulsey III, who served Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties, resigned while facing allegations<\/a> that he made racist and sexist remarks and behaved inappropriately toward court staff.<\/p>\n Hulsey denied the allegations. His resignation came as a Florida House committee was preparing to explore impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n Hulsey had won re-election months earlier following a recount.<\/p>\n What’s next<\/p>\n There is currently no word on who will replace Roberson.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Roberson, a Jacksonville circuit court judge who was facing formal misconduct charges over comments he allegedly made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-427363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Judge](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/wjax_cox_articles_158\/9a03388d779581e09c9bea3a5652e625.jpg\"\/)
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