PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline on Thursday suspended Philadelphia Judge Scott DiClaudio without pay amid allegations that he sought to influence a colleague’s decision in a case with ties to rapper Meek Mill.
DiClaudio, who sits on Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, was placed on administrative leave in June after fellow Common Pleas Court Judge Zachary Shaffer told his supervisors that DiClaudio intimated he should give a defendant a favorable sentence in an upcoming case.
DiClaudio’s attorneys could not be immediately reached for comment Thursday, but the judge has denied the allegations. The suspension comes just days after he was reelected to serve another 10 years on the bench…