TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey Supreme Court justice will not face sanctions for revealing the name of an investigator in the Jayson Williams manslaughter case. The name had been under seal.
The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office had filed an ethics complaint against Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto.
The identity of William Hunt, the former investigator, had been kept under seal since 2007 when Hunterdon County prosecutors divulged that an employee had used a racial slur to describe Williams in 2002.
During Supreme Court oral arguments last month, Rivera-Soto referred to the investigator as “Captain Hunt.” Hunt’s attorney, William Courtney, later confirmed his client as the officer in question.
Rivera-Soto said he was not aware of the sealing order at the time.
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