South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein, whose $1.5 million beach house was destroyed in a fire, spoke to the UK's Daily Mail following the incident. She said she was "alright" and referred further questions to court officials. The blaze gutted her Colleton County home over the weekend. The suspected arson incident struck her family home in Edisto Beach just weeks after her ruling on voter registration records opposing the Trump administration, brought her into the national spotlight.

Judge Goodstein, 69, answered her phone Monday morning and replied with a calm, "I am alright." She added she would be "happy to direct you to a court administrator" for more details, the Daily Mail reported.

The full scale of the damage became apparent after her elevated beachfront property—reportedly four be

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