State of FL : Can a Judge force a private attorney to stay on for trial when they have been fired?

I hired a private attorney for my friend. The attorney has not lived up to what he said he would do. We sent in a formal complaint to the FL Bar against him and fired him. He has not withdrawn from the case. A Pro Se motion for a Nelson Hearing was put in. The judge is forcing him to go to trial with the attorney. My accused friend stated on the record that the attorney is fired. He is indigent on the record. Myself and his family have no more money for a new attorney as we have hardships. The judge says she will not appoint him a public defender. Is she allowed to do this when He is indigent and myself nor his family cannot afford a new attorney? Judg is only concerned with getting his case off her calendar & covering herself on the record (barely allowing him to speak) so that He cannot come back on appeal should He need to. Side note: The attorney stated on the record after much back and forth during the hearing that we had irreconcilable differences (but still have not withdrawal).