Williamstown, N.J. — A referee who was heavily criticized for telling a New Jersey high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match has taken a step toward filing a defamation lawsuit.

A referee who told a black varsity wrestler to cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit a match this month was the subject of a 2016 investigation that involved him calling a fellow referee a racial slur, ...

SICKLERVILLE, N.J. -- A referee who was heavily criticized for telling a New Jersey high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match has taken a step toward filing a defamation lawsuit.

Alan Maloney is the official who was involved in the infamous incident back in December, when a black athlete, Andrew Johnson, appeared humiliated as his hair fell to the floor after the ref forced ...

Andrew Johnson, a black wrestler from Buena Regional High School in New Jersey, was told that he had to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match, media says. Video shows Johnson’s hair being cut.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. (WPVI) -- A New Jersey organization says a wrestling referee who made a wrestler cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match isn't being punished enough. A video of the incident last ...

*The parents of the 16-year-old biracial varsity wrestler who was forced to cut his dreads before a match have spoken out for the first time since the incident. The attorney for Charles and Rosa ...

A New Jersey referee with a history of racist behavior made a high school wrestler choose between cutting his dreadlocks or forfeiting his match, according to reports. The wrestler, Andrew Johnson, of ...

*A New Jersey ref’s career as a wrestling official is in doubt after he made Black high school athlete Andrew Johnson cut his dreadlocks before a match. As reported by cbsnews.com, a New Jersey school ...

An incident at a New Jersey high school wrestling tournament in which a black wrestler was forced by a white referee to cut off his dreadlocks has once again sparked a social media backlash and ...

TRENTON, N.J. — A referee who told a New Jersey high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match last year has been suspended for two seasons. The state Division on Civil Rights and state ...

The New Jersey referee who forced a high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks before a match has been suspended as a state agency investigates the incident. Larry White, executive director of the New ...