Daily News | South Jersey referee in dreadlocks controversy loses another legal decision
A South Jersey high school referee who made headlines in 2018 when he gave a wrestler less than two minutes to choose between having his dreadlocks cut or forfeiting his match has lost another round in his legal battle.
In his lawsuit, Maloney said Buena school officials failed to follow wrestling rules for hair coverings. He contended the backlash from the incident caused him to “suffer serious and severe injuries and damages” and “public disgrace, humiliation . . . so pervasive [he received] calls, emails, letters and the like, threatening [his] life.”Maloney also said the video resulted in the incident being “manipulated and misconstrued as a national race issue,” according to the lawsuit.
Johnson’s lawyer maintained that Johnson’s hair length fell within regulations and that Johnson was singled out. Maloney said Johnson needed a covering not because of his hair length but because his hair “wasn’t in its natural state” and referred to the dreadlocks as “braids,” the lawyer has said.
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