Judge Carlos Cortez of Dallas’ 44th District Court lost his battle to keep court records from public view on April 16, when Texarkana’s Sixth Court of Appeals ruled that the records should be unsealed, and then the Dallas County District Clerk’s Office unsealed them. Those records include the sworn statement of a woman who stated that Cortez sexually assaulted her when she was a child and of another woman who said Cortez gave her money to buy cocaine.
Cortez did not return a telephone call seeking comment. But he repeatedly has argued before a trial court―and twice before the Sixth Court―that the women’s statements were false and that disclosure of the women’s statements would portray him in a false light and violate his right to privacy.
