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Judge Linked To Stripper To Give Deposition Next Week

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Published: February 2, 2009

Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr., whose financial affairs with a stripper are being investigated by the FBI, is being subpoenaed by attorneys with the Judicial Qualifications Commission.

Stringer must appear in Tampa at 10 a.m. on Feb. 13 to have a deposition taken, according to a Florida Supreme Court filing. If Stringer fails to appear, he may be held in contempt of court.

Stringer, a judge with the 2nd District Court of Appeal, has had financial dealings with Las Vegas stripper Christy Yamanaka. The commission filed formal charges against Stringer last month.
According to the commission's six-page filing:

He opened bank accounts in his name and the name of a friend of Yamanaka's to hide her assets and income from 2004 to 2007, when she was obligated to pay two creditors about $315,000 plus interest.

He allowed himself to be listed as the sole titleholder of a house in Hawaii purchased with Yamanaka's money to hide her interest in the property from creditors.

He allowed Yamanaka to use bank accounts in his name to make large cash deposits and transfer money to other accounts.

He obtained a rent-controlled apartment in New York in his name on Yamanaka's behalf.

He obtained a no-interest loan of at least $50,000 from Yamanaka that he failed to disclose or repay.

He did not disclose several gifts from Yamanaka, including an all-expense-paid vacation in Las Vegas, a stay at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, a customized 2001 Mercedes and two Rolex watches for the judge and his wife

In 2008, Stringer said he and Yamanaka were business partners in the purchase and sale of the house in Hawaii but that he was not helping her hide money.

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