“I am sorry for the pain that I have caused my community and ask for your forgiveness,” Michelle Odinet wrote in her resignation letter. The Louisiana judge heard saying the N-word multiple times in a ...

Michelle Odinet’s short career on the Lafayette City Court bench ended — alas, too slowly — as it should have, with her formal resignation Friday, and an abject apology. The 53-year-old first-time ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Former Lafayette ...

Former District Court Judge Jules Edwards III announced Wednesday that he will run for the Lafayette City Court judge position left vacant after Michelle Odinet resigned. Edwards ran for the seat in ...

Louisiana judge Michelle Odinet has stepped down from her role after being caught using racial slur in a video that has circulated online. On December 16, 2021, the Lousiana Supreme court suspended ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Former Lafayette city court judge Michelle Odinet, who admitted to using racist language in a video captured at her home last December, will try to persuade a judge this week ...

Judge Michelle Odinet resigned her seat on the Lafayette City Court on Friday. In a video that surfaced in early December, Odinet and others could be heard using racist language while watching and ...

Next month, city of Lafayette voters have on their ballots a special judicial election, one with the potential to permanently alter the course of an offender’s life while ensuring fairness in civil ...

When she called a burglary suspect the n-word in her front yard, and again in her home in the presence of her children and friends, Michelle Odinet violated state codes of conduct for judges and ...

Michelle Odinet, of the City Court of Lafayette, La., resigned on Friday, saying in a letter that “my words did not foster the public’s confidence and integrity for the judiciary.” By Vimal Patel A ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Former Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet, who admitted to using racial slurs in a video captured at her home in 2021, will face no disciplinary action from the ...