*Douglas County announced the dismissal of Christina Peterson as a probate judge on Tuesday, following her arrest last week outside an Atlanta nightclub.

The Supreme Court of Georgia removed her from office for “a pattern of judicial misconduct,” including allegedly assaulting a police officer while protecting another woman who was being attacked by a man at the Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge off Peachtree Road, Atlanta News First reports.

“She was the only one that helped me,” said Alexandria Love, the woman at the center of the violent incident.

The court said in a ruling, “Douglas County Probate Court Judge Christina Peterson has been charged with a number of violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC), including a number of violations that the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) says exhibited a pattern of judicial misconduct while in office. The JQC Hearing Panel found that Judge Peterson violated multiple rules in the CJC and that 2 those violations warrant her removal from the bench.”

Source: Georgia Supreme Court Orders Removal of Judge Christina Peterson Following Nightclub Arrest