The trial date for former Asotin County Superior Court Judge Scott Gallina, accused of sexual misconduct, has been set for April 4th.
The 58-year-old Gallina faces charges of second-degree rape, indecent liberties by forcible compulsion and four counts of third-degree assaults with sexual motivation. He has denied all wrongdoing in the case. The charges are linked to two women Gallina worked with at the Asotin County Courthouse when he was the presiding judge.
Five times since Gallina’s arrest in 2019, judges have either recused themselves from the case or have been forced to step aside by prosecutors and defense attorneys. That, along with the pandemic have delayed the trial multiple times.
