Sleeping with your step-daughter [allegedly when 14] can get you thrown off the bench

In a ruling that is sending shock waves through the legal community, apparently the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline found that a lawyer can't be both a judge and an [alleged] child molester/admitted sexual partner to your adult step-daughter.  Attorneys across the valley are nervously wondering what other acts they must refrain from if they want to sit as a judge.

The LV Sun reports:

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline today ordered Clark County District Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio immediately removed from his job after he pleaded no contest to an 11-count complaint that accused him of having sexual relations with his stepdaughter while she worked in his office.

District Judge Richard Wagner, a commission member, told Del Vecchio “You are no longer a judge.”

Del Vecchio, who was defeated in the primary in his bid for re-election, wanted to stay on the bench until the end of his term at the end of the year to be eligible for medical benefits.

Del Vecchio, who has served since 2000, was originally charged with a 38-count complaint that accused him of forcing his 14-year-old stepdaughter to perform sexual acts on him and pose for nude photos. That allegation preceded Del Vecchio being elected. The 11-count amended complaint was filed against Del Vecchio by the commission on Monday, removing that allegation and others.

In the amended complaint, he was also accused of making racist statements to his bailiff, a man of Hispanic heritage, and also making sexist remarks to and about women in the courthouse.

The amended complaint said the stepdaughter, Rebeccah Murray, worked in the judge’s office in 2002 and 2003, when she was 24 years old. By that time the judge and Murray’s mother had divorced. Del Vecchio and Rebeccah started a sexual relationship, meeting at hotels during working hours for which she was paid her regular salary.

Poor Judge Del Vecchio.  Lost his seat on the bench and its probably not going to be easy for him to pick up other 14 yr old girls now that the word's out that he [allegedly] sexually abused his step-daughter.  Tough luck, buddy.