Technically yes, the judge can make her do that (and he did), but morally, no, he shouldn’t do that.
@john65pennington ‘s question makes total sense.
I have the feeling from watching the video, that we’re not getting the full picture here. She taped it, so it appears she may have deliberately wanted to get her husband in trouble. As a juror, I would question the recording. If she wanted to get her husband in trouble, she might have just been faking some of it and over-dramatizing the situation. She recorded it, so that shows there was planning involved beforehand. I’m not condoning what her husband did, but all I’m saying is we should get the full picture before saying that the judge was totally wrong in his decision. He had his reasons, and we have to find out why he made such a decision in the end.