A Brevard County has been suspended without pay by the Florida Supreme Court following a misconduct investigation stemming from a fight with a public defender last year.

On Tuesday the court ordered Judge John Murphy immediately suspended from office without pay.  Judge Murphy has until Oct. 26 to file a response to the court order.

In June 2014, Murphy got into a heated argument with public defender Andrew Weinstock.

The courtroom argument was captured on video which the public defender's office likens to what happens on an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show." The tension was building in Murphy's courtroom between him and public defender Andrew Weinstock.

Judge Murphy: If I had a rock, I would throw it at you right now. Stop [expletive] me off; I'll take care of it. I don't need your help.

Weinstock: I am a public defender, and I have a right to be here and stand here and represent…

Judge Murphy: I said sit down. If you want to fight, let's go out back and [expletive].

And with those words, both men headed to the hallway. That's when a ruckus could be heard.

"According to the lawyer, as soon as the lawyer entered the hallway behind the courtroom, the judge grabbed him by the collar and began punching him in his head," said 18th Judicial Circuit public defender Blaise Trettis.

Trettis said Weinstock never threw any punches of his own and was just trying to defend himself.

Courtroom deputies broke up the fight, which was out of camera view.

The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed state ethics charges against Murphy two months after the incident.