Hearing dates set for complaints against judges Drazewski, Foley

Posted on September 29, 2015

Judges Rebecca Foley and Scott Drazewski are accused of judicial misconduct while hiding their extramarital affair from December 2010 to February 2011. (WJBC file photos)

By Joe Ragusa

CHICAGO – Hearing dates have been set for two McLean County judges accused of having an affair that influenced their judicial conduct.

The hearings are set for Oct. 26-27 at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Chicago for accusations filed against Judges Scott Drazewski and Rebecca Foley.

Drazewski is accused of failing to recuse himself from several cases involving attorney Joe Foley, who was then the husband of Rebecca Foley. Foley is accused of knowing that Drazewski was willingly violating the rules of judicial conduct and not saying anything. Both have denied any wrongdoing.

The affair in question happened between December 2010 and February 2011. Both Foley and Drazewski have divorced from their spouses since then.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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