Did he attack her or did she attack him?

It's pretty evident from the witnesses who included other judges, that Prosser was defending himself. If he had pushed on her chest, we'd have a different sort of accusation coming from Bradley. As it was, he was pushing against her shoulders and his fingers TOUCHED her neck in the process. The judge that broke them up said to BRADLEY, "Stop... This isn't like you"... NOT to Prosser to tell him to let her go. I believe the decision Bradley was about to lose had to do with the union issue and since the media was staunchly on the side of the unions, it's no wonder that once it became apparent that Bradley was at fault, they dropped the story.