SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A former Disney Channel actor charged with trying to have sex with a 13-year-old boy in Salt Lake City contends he can’t get a fair trail because the judge is biased against gay people.
The Deseret News reports that an attorney for Stoney Westmoreland said in court documents filed last month that U.S. District Judge Howard Nielson Jr. can’t be impartial because as a private attorney, he represented proponents of a gay marriage ban in California.
Westmoreland’s attorney said the actor is bisexual and his lifestyle will be discussed at trial. Nielson refuted the notion and denied Westmoreland’s request for him to recuse himself.
