Judge Medentsev, caught taking a bribe, wants to take maternity leave.

Themis, corruption, courtPavlo Medentsev, a judge of the Odesa Regional Commercial Court who was caught accepting a bribe of 567 hryvnias, is seeking parental leave in court. This was stated in a ruling by the Odesa Appellate Administrative Court dated July 5, 2016.

As a reminder, a judge of the Odesa Regional Commercial Court was arrested while accepting an improper benefit from a regional businessman. Afterward, Supreme Court President Yaroslav Romanyuk upheld the prosecutor's motion and authorized Medentsev's arrest. However, the judge went on the run.

It was later revealed that the judge, just before his disappearance, had initiated legal proceedings against his employer, the commercial court. In his lawsuit, Medentsev demands the Odessa Regional Commercial Court grant him parental leave until his child reaches 3 years of age. He filed the lawsuit after his employer, according to the complaint, refused to grant him paternity leave. However, the courts of first and second instance dismissed Medentsev's complaint.

Pavel Medentsev is the son of Anatoly Medentsev, former deputy prosecutor of the Odessa region. He currently heads the college at the National University "Odesa Law Academy." Medentsev Sr. is known for his handling of several controversial cases involving former members of the Party of Regions.

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