The Maryland Supreme Court will hear argument on judicial misconduct charges filed by the Investigative Counsel of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities.

Set for May 6

JD No. 2 In the Matter of the Honorable April T. Ademiluyi, Judge of the Circuit Court of Maryland for Prince George’s County, 7th Judicial Circuit

The charges allege “repeated non-consensual harrassing communications of a personal nature with a judicial colleague” and using threatening language towards that colleague.

The heavily-redacted response of the judge contends that she experienced hostility after she had rejected the sexual advances of a fellow judge.

She further alleges that she was drugged and raped by colleagues at a National Bar Association Conference in Tampa Florida in 2012. The alleged rape took place in the hotel room of the organization’s President.

She further alleges that Tampa police destroyed evidence of the rape.

The male attorneys involved in drugging and raping her are well liked by many lawyers and judges. Since her first day on the bench, she has been met with extreme hostility from her judicial colleagues because of her complaints against these men and speaking out about it in her campaign.

The Charges herein are rooted in the Court’s disdain for Judge Ademiluyi’s election to the bench. Her journey to the bench, including her campaign, caused her to experience discrimination, disdain, and hostility from her judicial colleagues from the first day of her judgeship. Judge Ademiluyi faced parycularly hostile and antagonistic behavior from then-Administrative Judge [redacted]

The Commission’s findings are linked here.