Video the house of a judge threatened with death after decided against the Trump administration burned down. Her family, forced to jump out the window
A property on the seafront, belonging to a judge in South Carolina, completely burned in a huge fire, after which three members of his family arrived at the hospital, including her husband, a former senator in the legislature of this US state, The Independent and The Guardian write.
Judge Diane Goodstein, 69, was out and walked her dogs when the fire broke out in the luxurious residential community Jeremy Cay, at 11:30 am, on Saturday at Edisto Beach.
Her husband, Arnold Goodstein, 81 years old, and other family members were forced to flee to the upper floors of the building, as the fire stretched. Subsequently, they were rescued from nearby marshy water, in which they had been thrown, by the staff of the emergency services, with the help of kayaks.
The President of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, John Kitredge, later told Fansnews that the fire started with an “apparent explosion”.
“Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire broke out,” he said. “Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with the children and probably with the grandchildren. The family was forced to save themselves jumping from the window or from the balcony. I was told that there were Răn after the fall, such as broken legs.”
“Arnie's wounds were probably the most serious, because she was transported by helicopter to the hospital,” added John Kitredge.
Arnold Goodstein, Democrat, was a member of the Chamber of Representatives in South Carolina between 1971 and 1973 and the state Senate in 1969 and 1970, then again between 1975 and 1979.
The son of the couple, Arnold Goodstein III, and a third person were also transported to the Emergency House to receive medical care.
🚨Alert: Edisto Beach, SC – Judge Diane Goodstein's Home Exploded and Burned to the Ground Saturday. She was reported on the beach when IT Happened.
“Judge Goodstein Was Walking on the Beach When the Fire Started. Her Husband, Arnie, Was in the House with Children and … pic.twitter.com/nf6g0n6icg
– The Questionable Gardner (@t_q_gardner) October 6, 2025
The property on the beach of the Goodstein family, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, was valued at $ 1.55 million.
It is easy to condommn whover set to the house of south Carolina judge Diane Goodstein.
No Matter Who It Was, or why they did it, they belong in jail. See? Easy. pic.twitter.com/eslp8poyy
– Gator Gar (@yalligatorgar) October 6, 2025
A spokesman for the Southern Carolina Law Division said that the department currently investigates the fire and that it has not yet established whether it was an accident or the result of an intentional fire.
Last month, Diane Goodstein – a judge at a circuit court named by Democrats – supervised a controversial case in which it was analyzed whether or not the state of South Carolina should hand over the sensitive documents on the registration of the federal government and, finally, decided against President Donald Trump's administration.
The American Department of Justice has asked the South Carolina authorities to hand over the personal data of over 3.3 million voters, which revealed the names, addresses, birth data, the numbers of driving licenses and the last four digits of their social insurance numbers.
The Washington administration wanted to compare the information with a separate database, to eliminate the alleged illegal immigrants, which they suspected were allowed to vote in the state elections.
Judge Goodstein received several threats with death in response to her September 2, which conflicted her with Trump and the Republican governor of South Caroline, Henry McMaster. The governor stated that the court of appeal was wrong when it opposed the US government and has filed an emergency for the annulment of the verdict.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina approved McMaster's request, canceling on September 11 the temporary restriction order imposed by Judge Goodstein. In a motivation of six pages issued at that time, the Supreme Court of the State claimed that the judge did not clarify what damages could suffer the initial applicant-the local activist for voting rights Anne Crook-if the requested data would be delivered to the United States Federal Government.
