U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Faced with New Indictment by Federal Grand Jury

Only weeks away from a trial stemming from sexual abuse of an employee, a federal judge in Houston has now been indicted for attacking another female court employee.

U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of the Texas Southern District was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 6 on charges he sexually assaulted another woman and lied about it to a judicial disciplinary panel.