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Scottish Sun
05-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
OAP assaulted Scots bagpiper's wife over noise row in park bust-up
The judges wife warned the piper her husband would "make you stop". Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A BAGPIPER claims he and his partner were attacked by a judge's OAP wife for playing in a park in the USA. Scott Gibb says Eunice Isgur, 76, swung for his spouse and called in her husband to 'make him stop' after he refused her demands to stop performing outside. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 The pensioner is facing an assault rap He told how she marched up to him and stuck her phone inches from his face before she and her law chief hubby chased after the musician. The pensioner facing an assault rap after she got physical after realising she was being filmed. Scott said: 'She said I had no right to play here in this public park. 'She said, 'I'm going to call my husband hes a federal judge and hes going to make you stop'. 'She was very aggressive, yelling and screaming. 'She literally stuck it right in my face blinding my eyes. She basically swiped at my wife's face. 'As she was walking she was videoing behind her and this big guy and the woman were chasing after her. 'You cant have people so disrespectful and attacking for no reason at all.' 2 The bagpiper claims he and his partner were attacked Expat Scott, from Aberdeen, was accosted as he played in Terry Hershey Park in Houston, Texas, US. Footage of the confrontation shows the piper playing while a woman with short fair hair and glasses shines a torch while holding her phone close to his face. Paragliding bagpiper belts out tunes 3,000ft in the air - but hates how they sound She follows him as he tries to move before spinning around and realising she is being recorded. The woman was joined by her husband US bankruptcy judge Marvin Isgur, with the pair following Scott and his wife as they retreated. She was left with a black eye — which can be seen in her mug shot — after tripping while trying to grab a backpack belonging to the couple as they trailed the couple on Monday evening. Isgur has been charged with assault and had to pay a £74 ($100) bail bond or face being locked up until the case calls in court. Project manager Scott says learning the pipes is a family tradition and he has played in the park regularly with no problem until he was confronted by the same person just weeks earlier. He added: 'My grandfather gave them to me and I taught my son how to play. 'Texans just love the sound of the pipes.' Terry Allbritton, of Harris County police, confirmed officers lifted Isgur after the showdown. He said: 'A 76-year-old woman became upset over an individual playing bagpipes in a secluded, wooded area of the park. 'She confronted the musician while recording and yelling at him. 'The piper's wife, who witnessed the confrontation, also began recording on her cellphone. 'The situation escalated when the suspect began screaming loudly and proceeded to physically assault the woman for recording the encounter. 'The 76-year-old woman was arrested for Assault-Bodily Injury.'
Daily Mail
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Scottish musician's wife assaulted by Karen in shocking outburst in Texas park
The wife of a Scottish musician was allegedly assaulted in a Texas park after a woman became enraged by the sound of bagpipes. Scott Gibb was playing in a secluded area at Terry Hershey Park in Houston on May 26, when he was confronted and verbally threatened by Eunice Isgur, 76. Isgur began recording Gibb and yelling at him for playing his instrument, Harris County Precinct 5 constable Terry Allbritton said. Gibb told KTRK: 'She said I had no right to play here in this public park.' 'She said, "I'm gonna call my husband. He's a federal judge and he's gonna make you stop,"' Gibb told the outlet, referring to Isgur's husband U.S. district bankruptcy judge Marvin Isgur of the Southern District of Texas. As the situation escalated, Gibb's wife witnessed the argument unfold and decided to record the pair herself. But Isgur reportedly became further angered that she was being recorded, which is when she allegedly lashed out and hit Gibb's wife's arm while trying to swipe at her phone. 'She was very aggressive, yelling and screaming,' Gibb told the outlet. 'She basically swiped at my wife's face.' Isgur, according to authorities, suffered a black eye after she tripped in an attempt to grab the victim's backpack. She was arrested for assault-bodily injury and posted a $100 bond, according to online records. Gibb said that Isgur's husband arrived on the scene but hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing. He added that Isgur had previously confronted him about the bagpipes noise, but this was the first violent encounter. 'You can't have people so disrespectful and attacking for no reason at all,' Gibb told the outlet.
New York Post
05-06-2025
- General
- New York Post
Texas woman, 76, flies into violent rage after hearing bagpipes at local park: report
Pipe down! A Texas woman became enraged after hearing a man playing bagpipes at her local park — allegedly assaulting the musician's wife and threatening to sic her judge husband on the couple, according to a report. Eunice Isgur, 76, became inconsolably irate when she heard Scotland native Scott Gibb playing the bagpipes in Houston's Terry Hershey Park on Monday, and confronted him aggressively with her cell phone, KTRK reported. Advertisement 3 A Texas woman is accused of aggressively confronting a bagpipe player and his wife at a park. ABC13 'She said I had no right to play here in this public park,' Gibb told the outlet. 'She said, 'I'm gonna call my husband. He's a federal judge and he's gonna make you stop.'' Isgur has the same last name as US District Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur of the Southern District of Texas, the outlet reported. Advertisement Gibb's wife came upon the fraught scene, spotting Isgur holding her phone inches from her husband's face, and started filming the elderly woman in return, according to KTRK. Isgur then allegedly took a swipe at the bagpiper's wife — hitting her cell phone, the outlet reported. Isgur's husband then showed up at the scene but was not accused of any wrongdoing. However, the couple menacingly followed the bagpiper and his wife as they were leaving the park, video showed. Advertisement 3 Eunice Isgur allegedly stuck her phone in the musician's face and assaulted his wife. ABC13 3 Isgur suffered a black eye after she tripped during the incident. ABC13 'As [my wife] was walking, she was videoing behind her and this big guy and the woman were chasing after her,' Gibb said. During the confrontation, Isgur suffered a black eye after she tripped while attempting to grab Gibb's backpack, the report stated. Advertisement Despite the dreadful encounter, Gibb said the Scottish-isle-born instrument is typically welcomed in the Deep South. 'Texans just love the sound of the pipe,' Gibb told the outlet, stressing this was one of the few negative responses he's received. The 76-year-old was arrested for Assault-Bodily Injury, according to the report.
Reuters
01-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Bankruptcy judge defeats ethics complaint over knowledge of colleague's relationship
May 1 (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston has been cleared of wrongdoing over allegations that he failed to report that another judge in his court had been in an undisclosed romantic relationship with an attorney at the law firm Jackson Walker. U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint filed with the 5th Circuit Judicial Council against a jurist matching the description of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur citing a lack of evidence that he had "reliable" information about former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones' relationship before it became public. While the decision does not identify either judge by name, the ruling's details and descriptions of the judges match those of Isgur and Jones, who himself had been the subject of a judicial ethics probe that ended after he left the bench. Those details include a quote from a presentation Isgur gave and business records detailing his listing as a registered agent on a business filing for an entity owned by the judge's adult child, which the complaint described as a "political persona." Isgur did not respond to a request for comment. Jones resigned in 2023, days after acknowledging that he had been in a years-long relationship with bankruptcy lawyer Elizabeth Freeman, who had worked at Jackson Walker, a firm that handled cases before the judge, and shared a home with her. Before his resignation, Jones had been the busiest bankruptcy judge in the United States and presided over the bankruptcies of JCPenney, Neiman Marcus, Party City and Chesapeake Energy, among many others. The resulting scandal prompted a criminal investigation into Jones and litigation by the U.S. Trustee, the Justice Department's bankruptcy watchdog, to force Jackson Walker to disgorge millions of dollars in legal fees Jones approved in at least 35 bankruptcy cases involving the law firm. Isgur, whose daughter is the conservative legal media commentator Sarah Isgur, had been a onetime mentor and law partner with Jones, whom he described in a 2023 speech as his "stubborn adopted son." The complaint filed with the 5th Circuit was lodged by an unnamed individual litigating a case without a lawyer in an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court that the complainant claimed Isgur should have recused himself from. The complainant claimed Isgur should have done so as the proceeding concerned a fraud upon the court perpetrated by a law firm that employed a partner the judge had described as a friend. The complainant noted how Isgur and Jones had spoken publicly about their close professional and personal relationship and argued it was likely Isgur attended social events at which Isgur and Freeman were present. Exact details on the allegations were not clear. The 5th Circuit, as is its custom with judicial misconduct cases, did not make the original complaint public. A provision of the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings provides that cognizable misconduct by a judge can include failing to report "any reliable information reasonably likely to constitute misconduct." But Jones said the complainant lacked evidence Isgur had reliable information about Jones' relationship, and when she contacted Isgur as part of an inquiry into the allegations, he denied having any knowledge about the relationship before it became public. Read more: Ethics complaint against law firm over secret judge romance withdrawn US seeks return of fees from law firm tied to bankruptcy judge resignation Ethics probe into Texas bankruptcy judge ends following resignation
