{"id":1462,"date":"2023-03-22T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2023-03-22T18:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:58:56","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-jill-karofsky-says-protasiewicz-racial-slur-claims-are-100-made-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1462","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky Says Protasiewicz Racial Slur Claims Are \u2018100% Made Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/jill-karofsky\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/jill-karofsky\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Collage-Maker-22-Mar-2023-12-51-PM-393.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jill Karofsky\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jill Karofsky\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky labeled allegations that a sitting judge seeking a seat on Wisconsin\u2019s highest court has been accused by two people of using the \u201cN-word\u201d an \u201cenormous distraction,\u201d even though one says Janet Protasiewicz used the racial slur to refer to black parents involved in Children\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p>We asked Karofsky whether she was \u201cconcerned by the allegations\u2026 that Janet Protasiewicz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-used-the-n-word-referring-to-blacks-in-childrens-court-cases-witness-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used racial slurs<\/a> to refer to black parents.\u201d Protasiewicz has refused to deny these allegations to us despite being given ample opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Jill Karofsky\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iq76WICpvQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Any complaint would likely come back before the state Supreme Court, on which Karofsky sits. Yet, without talking to either eyewitness, Karofsky prejudged their claims, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is 100% made up. That is a complete distraction. Dan Kelly and his campaign and, frankly, some very, very small media outlets I think are trying to make this an issue in this campaign. No one\u2019s buying it,\u201d Karofsky claimed, even though she has never spoken to the two men, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protaseiewicz-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Ehr<\/a> and Michael Madden, who say they heard Protasiewicz use the racial slur on different occasions. (Wisconsin Right Now, which broke the story of the allegations, has had more than 10 million story reads since August 2020, but that\u2019s a side note).<\/p>\n<p>We asked Karofsky how she could know the accusations are made up since she has never even talked to the two men who say they heard Protasiewicz use the racial slur (Jon Ehr and Michael Madden), and she said it was \u201charassing\u201d for a journalist to ask the question.<\/p>\n<p>Protasiewicz was a 34-year-old district attorney in 1997 when the men say they heard Protasiewicz use the racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re not concerned at all that two named sources said that she used the \u2018n word\u2019 to refer to black parents?\u201d we asked Karofsky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I would be concerned about if I were Dan Kelly or one of his allies is trying to win this election, and I think what they are doing is use this as an enormous distraction,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked, \u201cYes or no, does that not concern you when two named people make allegations about racial slurs?\u201d Karofsky responded that the accusation \u201chas no factual basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the two men is considering suing Karofsky over the remarks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> \u201cHaving been informed by another reporter that Janet Protasiewicz is threatening to sue me, I am contemplating suing her and Justice Jill Karofsky, as well as exploring all of my legal options,\u201d Madden said in response to Karofsky\u2019s claims and also claims by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Bice that Protasiewicz told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\u2019s editorial board this week that she is considering suing over the accusations that she used racial slurs, as well as accusations that she physically abused her elderly husband, Judge Patrick Madden in 1997. Michael Madden is Judge Madden\u2019s son. Jon Ehr, the other alleged eyewitness, is not related to the Maddens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We said to Karofsky: \u201cThere\u2019s two named people who are saying they heard it firsthand. How do you know they\u2019re not telling the truth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karofsky responded, \u201cThe whole basis of your question is just to harass people and just to distract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We asked, \u201cSo it\u2019s harassing people to ask you why you think two people are lying?\u201d But she ended the interview.<\/p>\n<p>We asked, \u201cWhat about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/janet-protasiewicz-repeatedly-assaulted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elder abuse allegation<\/a>? Does that concern you?\u201d but Karofsky walked away without responding.<\/p>\n<p>We approached Karofsky as she was standing in line with Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet to shill for Protasiewicz to members of the news media after Protasiewicz\u2019s debate with former Justice Dan Kelly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/jill-karofsky\/ Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky labeled allegations that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}