Judge Charles Bridges of Greencastle, IN; died in the wool misogynist

The state of Indiana provided Charles D. Bridges with a law license in 1989 after he graduated from the Indiana University School of Law.

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications found Charlie guilty of engaging in the following misconduct. 

• Demonstrated an inability to perform judicial and administrative duties competently (Dufus)
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to act without bias or prejudice."
• Failed to refrain from harassment based upon gender
• Ruled on motions before allowing the opposing party a chance to respond before the deadlines and also failing to rule on other motions
• Charlie did not give the woman a fair chance to respond to various filings
• Charlie granted several motions – including one to dismiss the case – that were filed by the man being sued without giving the woman’s attorneys adequate time to respond
• When the woman’s attorney filed a motion requesting Charlies’ recusal, he never ruled on it
• Showed negative bias toward a woman suing her former romantic partner
• Charlies voiced his disfavor of the legal cause and the woman bringing the case forward

In open court, Charlie said the following:

• “If they weren’t married and she lived there and had the benefit of living there and now she wants to claim what everybody calls ‘sweat equity’ bullshit.”
• “Ain’t no ‘sweat equity’ in this court.”

Charlie made the following statements to the woman’s attorney.

• “I see women that kind of make a habit out of this… I see women do this and its horseshit”
• “So far, it’s always been the woman that moved in with a guy and then when things go south she wants half of his shit and they were never married. I don’t give it to them.”

In reversing Charlie’s absurd rulings in dismissing the woman’s case, the Indiana Court of Appeals state:

“Charlies statements during the March 8, 2022, pretrial conference went ‘beyond merely expressing skepticism about the woman’s claims in her complaint’ and, instead, ‘clearly expressed disdain, not only for the type of relief that [she] was seeking, but for the gender he believed most often sought this type of relief’.”

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Indiana Supreme Court punished Charlie by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand

Later, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court overseen by Bridges was wrong in dismissing the woman’s case and instead reversed the decision to give the man the money from the home sale.

As we speak (ca, October 2025), Charlies continues to dispense his so-called brand of jurisprudence as a Putnam County Superior Court Judge in Greencastle, Indiana.