Utah Supreme Court justice resigns amid probe into alleged relationship with redistricting attorney

Justice Diana Hagen appeared to reference the investigation and the toll it has taken on her loved ones in a resignation letter to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, which was obtained by Fox News Digital.

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"I also understand that public officials are rightly held to a higher standard and must accept a greater degree of public scrutiny and diminished privacy," she said. "But my family and friends did not choose public life. They do not deserve to have intensely personal details surrounding the painful dissolution of my thirty-year marriage subjected to public scrutiny."

The resignation was effective immediately, a spokesperson for Utah's Administrative Office of the Courts said.

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Hagen and Reymann previously denied the allegations.

The Judicial Conduct Commission-described on its website as an independent body comprising several state lawmakers, judges, and members of the public-conducted a preliminary investigation based on the complaint and chose not to pursue the matter further, KSL reported.

A statement issued by the Utah Supreme Court on behalf of Hagen in April said she took "prompt, prudent, and transparent steps" in response to the allegations by her ex-husband.

In her resignation letter, Hagen stated that she would love to continue serving on the bench.

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"But I cannot do so without sacrificing the privacy and well-being of those I care about and the effective functioning and independence of Utah's judiciary," she wrote.

Cox will be tasked with naming Hagen's replacement. Fox News Digital has reached out to the governor's office.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.