Judge faces charges for masturbating during trials Judge faces charges for masturbating during trials Judge's career ends amid lurid allegations, chargesCase could be a basis for appeals on rulings he made JULIE E. BISBEE, Associated Press Feb. 9, 2005 FacebookTwitterEmail OKLAHOMA CITY - Jurors and others in Judge Donald Thompson's courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or maybe a blood pressure cuff. During one trial, Thompson seemed so distracted that some jurors thought he was playing a hand-held video game or tying fly-fishing lures behind the bench. The explanation, investigators say, is even stranger than some imagined: The judge had a habit of masturbating with a penis pump under his robe during trials.