The unwinding of the Lehman Bros. failure was complicated and drama-filled enough without the bankruptcy judge in the case -- 63-year old James M. Peck -- upping the ante.The New York Times reports that he was arrested and charged with third-degree attempted assault and second-degree harassment on Sunday afternoon. He is accused of slapping his wife, Judith, in the face and causing bruising.
Peck reportedly told police that he and wife began arguing after she arrived home late from the Hamptons and both hit each other. By the time police arrived, they were in separate rooms.
The argument started over a ladder that Mr. Peck was removing from a closet. "I was moving the ladder out. She slapped me in the face," he told cops. "I put the ladder down and slapped her back. We slapped each other back and forth." How mature. The couple has been married for 42 years
It's impressive that Peck has been able to keep his allegedly violent impulses at bay while navigating through one of the most complex bankruptcies in history -- with a cast of characters who denied any wrongdoing.
It's not yet known whether this will have any impact on the Lehman Bros. fiasco, but it would seem to be something of a credibility killer.
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2-03-2009 @ 12:19PM
BHarrison said...
Well, the article didn't say how old his wife was . . . if she was significantly younger, then he might have had a legitimate cause for concern for her "late return from the Hamptons . . . Ha! And if she slapped him first then she probably deserved to be slapped in return.
it just sounds like a marital situation that got out of control (and women generally know how to "push their husband's 'buttons'", don't they?) I really don't see how this should affect his situation in handling the bankruptcy case.
Just because someone called the police doesn't make it a "crime" per se . . . and perhaps she did that to try to intimidate or embarrass him. I think that the jury is still out on this one.