Judge Judy Sheindlin found herself in a devastating predicament when she decided to divorce her spouse. Their breakup didn’t endure, though, and she later gave him the explanation for her decision to get married again.
Jerry Sheindlin, a lawyer and former judge, is married to Judge Judy Sheindlin, who is well-known for her work as a television court arbitrator and her experience as a prosecutor and family court judge.
Throughout their legal professions, Judy and her spouse have always helped one another. After being offered a position on “The People’s Court,” Jerry, who was a judge on the New York State Supreme Court at the time, sought guidance from his spouse.
“She is the one who told me I should do it,” he recounted in an interview, adding that if Judy had any reservations, he would not have accepted the part.
The New York native said, “I think that behind every great woman there is a man,” expressing his lack of concern for the competition despite his wife’s enormous success on television. […] However, I also heard a notion that there is always a woman behind every great man.
Just as Jerry was beginning to step back from his Supreme Court position, he started recording for “The People’s Court.” Compared to the 150 cases he used to oversee, his new duty, which involved overseeing roughly 10 cases each day, two days a week, was far lighter.
Since the outset, Jerry and Judy’s relationship has been based on their common legal professions. Jerry had recently finished defending a murder case when they first met in a club.
When Judy entered, she pointed a finger at him and said, “And who is this?” while he was speaking to a reporter. Jerry remembered. He gave a straightforward reply, saying, “‘Lady, get your finger out of my face.’ We’ve been together ever since.”
Jerry added, in a joking manner, “If my show takes off and I beat her, I am contacting Hollywood immediately to remake the movie ‘Sleeping With the Enemy.’” He had liked watching Judy’s success on television.
With their distinct humor and audacity, the couple’s relationship kept developing. Judy quietly proposed marriage after a year of dating, but Jerry wasn’t convinced.
“It’s only a piece of paper; why does the government have to control our relationship? He assured her, “We’re already committed to each other, we’re already dedicated to each other.”
Instead of pressing the matter, Judy merely said that Jerry should seek her father’s approval if he wanted them to live together. Jerry decided to establish a wedding date instead of confronting her father, and the two were married in 1977.
Despite their strong commitment to one another, the couple’s relationship took a hit in 1990 when they got divorced. The strain resulted from Judy’s extreme mental stress following the death of her father, Murray Blum. They wedded a year later, so their separation didn’t last long.
“I missed her presence the very first week that we were separated,” Jerry said, reflecting on that trying time. We weren’t able to see each other every day for the first time in years. It was such an odd encounter.