On May 11, before U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida sentenced former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of the Southern District of Texas to 33 months in federal prison on a charge of obstruction of justice, Kent’s former case manager, Cathy McBroom, read this statement in court. In 2007, McBroom filed a complaint against Kent with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and in 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Kent based on allegations in McBroom’s complaint. The statement has been edited for length and style. [See "A Different Kind of Bar."]
My name is Cathy McBroom. I am the victim referred to as Person A in the indictment against Judge Samuel B. Kent. When I think of the events leading up to his conviction, I am consumed with emotion. Even though I have been able to move on in both my personal life and my career, I am forever scarred by what happened to me in Galveston.
