Suspended Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore denied using donations for personal expenses and testified in an appearance Monday that she believed a developer had paid for a memorial statue honoring a slain Metropolitan Police officer.
Fiore’s comments came on the first day of a hearing before the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, which charged her with three violations of conduct rules related to actions that led to a 2024 guilty verdict on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. It was the first time she had testified directly about the statue scheme.
“I can’t express to you (enough) that this case is convoluted,” Fiore said during testimony. “And now I’m not a judge because of it, and that hurts. My life has been ruined for two and a half years.”…