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Juan Martinez was dismissed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office earlier this year for alleged 'retaliation' against women who had filed complaints about him, saying Martinez had said inappropriate things to them while they were at work. Martinez originally filed for an appeal, claiming that the allegations had been proven wrong by an internal investigation, despite the fact that Martinez had received a formal reprimand and discipline for the actions.

Martinez has also been under fire for his actions during the Jodi Arias trial. State bar charges filed against him indicate he leaked sealed information to a blogger whom he was having an affair with, during the sentencing phase of the Arias trial. His case had been referred to an independent counsel and was pending, but will not proceed now that Martinez has been disbarred.

Scott Falater , which was noted for the use of sleepwalking as a defense to the murder of his wife; Arizona v. Martinez was admitted to the bar in He is a Maricopa County prosecutor, where he began working in Today he resides in Arizona. The Republic also reported how past county attorneys, judges and regulators at the State Bar of Arizona wrote off allegations of misconduct and reports of sexual harassment against Martinez.

Martinez's career unraveled after the Jodi Arias trial , where he was accused of ethical misconduct, including disseminating confidential information about a juror to his blogger girlfriend, sexting with an ex-juror, harassing a court reporter and lying during a State Bar investigation. Martinez agreed to be disbarred July 17 , ending a State Bar investigation into the allegations involving the Arias trial and claims that he sexually harassed co-workers at the County Attorney's Office.

Martinez's attorney and the County Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to The Republic's requests for comment. For more stories that matter, subscribe to azcentral. In his page report , Harold Merkow said Martinez's supervisors rightfully decided his "value to the organization is fatally eroded by his retaliation against female employees and the likelihood that it would persist.

Merkow's report included information from an internal county investigation launched in that remains under seal by court order and still is not available to the public. According to the report, Martinez for years was accused of targeting female law clerks and, in his final days on the job, was accused of harassing two women who previously complained about him.

Martinez claimed the county attorney's office had a vendetta against him. Merkow said firing Martinez was neither arbitrary nor capricious. He said Martinez disregarded the reprimand he received in and said there was a reasonable prospect Martinez would "continue to retaliate against female employees," regardless of which bureau or floor he was assigned to work. A representative of the County Attorney's Office on Tuesday told the commission the hearing officer's report was thorough and the only remaining issue was if Vick, the chief deputy, had the authority to terminate Martinez.

Martinez," Brandon Newton, the office's attorney, said. In a letter from March 2 sent to the Maricopa County human relations director, Martinez's attorney Thomas Brown said the prosecutor's career and personal integrity "have been perhaps irreparably tarnished by a vendetta against him by Mr. Brown continued to argue on Tuesday that Vick didn't have the authority.

He said in Vick's dismissal letter there was no mention that the chief deputy received approval from Adel.