Amid new reports that Pasadena-based Judge Alex Kozinski groped women, including a law student, an East Coast federal appeals court was assigned Friday to conduct an investigation. The Washington Post reported Friday that nine more women have complained of improprieties by Kozinski, including four who said he touched them improperly. An unidentified former law student at the University of Montana, now 33, told the Post that Kozinski touched her breast last year during a reception. With almost daily reports of new allegations, Chief Justice John G. Roberts assigned judges from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to investigate Kozinski. Susan Estrich, a lawyer for Kozinski, read the Post a statement from Kozinski.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2017 02:15 UTC