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NC Judge Has Nothing But Contempt For Maxim

Last Wednesday Rowan County District Court judge, Kevin Eddinger (pictured at right), brought the judicial pain when he spotted a lawyer leafing through a copy of Maxim in his courtroom. Todd Paris, a local attorney, was sitting in the court gallery when the judge spotted him reading the lad mag. According to cops sitting nearby the judge watched Paris for several minutes before calling Paris and the magazine up to the bench. (Nice stake out, boys.) Paris went so far as to say the magazine belonged to his girlfriend and that he had read similar mags in courtrooms before without any problems. The judge, not buying it, levied a $300 fine and a 15-day suspended sentence for contempt of court. If only Paris had tried to explain the possession of the magazine with something along the lines of, “Hey Judge, it’s Heidi Montag. Look at these cans!” Then we would have at least respected the guy. Instead of acting like a lawyer in this case, Paris should have just acted like a douchebag.

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