NJ Educator Who Threw Beer In Transphobic Viral Video Claims Harassment
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A judge will examine whether Michael Smurro was the harasser or the harassee on Thursday
GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey vice principal who threw beer at a group of people who were filming his wife’s rant against a transgender woman’s use of a women’s restroom, and the people who got hit with the beer are accusing each other of harassment. A municipal court judge in Galloway Township is scheduled on Thursday to examine the case of Michael Smurro, vice principal of Neptune Middle School in Monmouth County, as well as those he accuses of harassing him and his wife, Lisa. Video filmed by patrons at an outdoor restaurant April 24 in Galloway shows him tossing a cup of beer at a table of people when he and his wife realized they were being recorded.
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