(DC Pundit) – It’s not every day that a sitting judge makes national headlines for public indecency, but Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore Kristyne Schaaf-Olson managed to do just that, in spectacularly embarrassing fashion. The 42-year-old Arizona judge resigned after police body cam footage caught her urinating in public while reportedly so drunk she couldn’t spell her own name.
The whole fiasco went down around 1:30 a.m. on October 4 in Prescott, Arizona, after police were alerted to a woman squatting in the bushes with her pants down. When officers arrived, they found Schaaf-Olson — a judge, mind you — in a position no judge should ever be caught in. The officer’s reaction said it all: “This is disgusting,” he declared. “This is unacceptable.” Hard to argue with that one.
According to the body cam footage obtained by Fox 10, the judge was so intoxicated that she could barely string a sentence together. At one point, an officer even remarked, “She’s useless. She can’t even spell her name.” Not exactly a line you want in your performance review.
As if that wasn’t chaotic enough, her husband, Jason Olson, who happens to be the parks and recreation manager for the Town of Chino Valley, decided to make things worse by interfering with the police. He repeatedly ignored commands to back off and even tried to pull his wife away from officers. That went about as well as you’d expect. “I’m going to f—king throw you on the ground if you resist,” one officer warned before hauling him off to a squad car.
Olson was later cited for resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene investigation, and obstruction of government operations, while Schaaf-Olson received a citation for — you guessed it — urinating or defecating in public. Just what every family wants to explain to the neighbors.
Only two days later, Schaaf-Olson submitted her resignation to Presiding Judge John Napper, blaming “current physical, medical, and family circumstances.” She wrote, “The Yavapai community deserves and has judges who are steadfast in their commitment to serving Yavapai County. Considering current events in my life, I believe it would be difficult to honor this commitment. I have therefore decided to resign.”
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Judge Napper responded diplomatically, saying, “I respect and appreciate Ms. Schaaf-Olson’s decision to resign. On behalf of the Yavapai County Superior Court, I appreciate the time that Ms. Schaaf-Olson has served our community and her willingness to remain in her position while the Court selects a new Pro Tempore.”
Translation: thanks for your service, now please don’t come back.
Schaaf-Olson’s final day on the bench was October 31, officially closing the book on what may be one of the most humiliating chapters in Arizona’s judicial history. It’s a reminder that no matter how fancy the title, no one is above the law — or apparently, the shrubbery.
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