Amid affair allegations, Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 8, 2026

Words: 1,574

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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About three weeks after Utah’s top state leaders called for an “independent investigation” into previously investigated and dismissed allegations that she had an affair with an attorney, Utah Supreme Court Diana Hagen resigned from the bench on Friday.

“It is with deep sadness that I tender my immediate resignation as a Justice of the Utah Supreme Court,” Hagen wrote in a resignation letter to Gov. Spencer Cox, while expressing “profound love and …

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