Fact Check Result: TRUE

• Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez was indicted in January 2025 on charges of official oppression and unlawful restraint following a December 2024 courtroom incident where she allegedly ordered defense attorney Elizabeth Russell handcuffed and placed in a jury box¹².
• A special prosecutor, Brian Cromeens of DeWitt County, was appointed to handle the case after the Bexar County District Attorney's Office recused itself².
• Special prosecutor Cromeens filed a motion to dismiss the charges "in the interest of justice" as part of an agreement under which Speedlin-Gonzalez resigned and accepted a lifetime ban from serving as a judge in Texas²¹³.
• Cromeens stated that "after discussions with law enforcement and the victim, and in light of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct's acceptance of the defendant's resignation and imposition of a lifetime ban from judicial service, I determined that the interests of justice had been served and therefore dismissed the underlying criminal case"¹.

Overall validity: 95%

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