Jefferson Parish Judge Donald "Chick" Foret received a one-month, unpaid suspension Wednesday over a series of curse-laden incidents from his first year on the 24th Judicial District Court bench.

The Louisiana Supreme Court handed down the suspension to Foret on Wednesday, citing "his multiple displays of improper judicial demeanor." The court it went beyond the public censure that the Louisiana Judiciary Commission recommended for Foret, 72.

The high court also assessed Foret $7,488 in costs. He could not be immediately reached Wednesday.

"Judge Foret is being disciplined for his intemperate words and actions," Justice John Michael Guidry wrote in the court's opinion.

The Supreme Court endorsed the commission's view that Foret, a former TV news legal analyst before he won a seat on

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