Judge in sex-assault trial assails `loose-woman' defense tactics.

States that the presiding judge in the Glen Ridge sex assault trial on October 23 accused defense lawyers of trying to malign the alleged victim by depicting her as a `loose woman.' Angry defense lawyers shot back that the truth was being kept from the jury. The outburst centered on a pretrial decision by the judge to lift some of the protections that New Jersey's rape-shield law provides for the reputation and character of victims of sexual assault.