Judge orders mediation in dueling complaints following transgender rant and beer throwing incident

Published May 27, 2021 12:00am ET



A New Jersey judge ordered that the four individuals involved in a viral April incident involving a rant about transgender people and beer being tossed attend community mediation.

Galloway Township Municipal Court Judge Howard Freed sent the cases to mediation on Thursday. Three people accused Michael Smurro, the principal of Neptune Middle School, of throwing beer at them during an April 24 confrontation and have filed harassment claims against him. Smurro responded with harassment claims of his own.

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