Buena Regional High School

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 New Jersey high school wrestler who was forced to cut off his dreadlocks before a match to avoid forfeiting was asked to cover his hair before another match this week — the result of an “unrelenting fixation” on the boy’s hair by wrestling officials, his attorney claims.

A New Jersey high school wrestler forced by a referee to cut his dreadlocks before a match to avoid a forfeit has returned to competition.

A black New Jersey high school wrestler who was forced by a white referee to cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit his bout will not compete at his school’s next meet.

New Jersey’s Buena Regional High School held an emergency meeting to discuss its wrestling program after a white referee forced a black wrestler, Andrew Johnson, to cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit his match. During the meeting, tempers flared as people voiced support for Johnson and sounded off about the blurred line between race and rules.

The parents of a black New Jersey high school wrestler, who was forced by a white referee to cut off his dreadlocks, and the family’s attorney are placing blame on the referee and awaiting the results of a state civil rights inquiry before taking any additional action against those who hired the ref.

An Olympic champion wrestler has reached out to a New Jersey high school wrestler who had his dreadlocks cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout.

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 questions about the treatment of young people of color.

A New Jersey high school wrestler had his dreadlocks cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout, and video of the sudden haircut has sparked fury.

Several girls who were sent to live with a Pennsylvania man now on trial for sexually abusing them testified they considered him to be their husband.

Opening statements began in Bucks County Wednesday in the trial of Lee Kaplan, a man accused of sexually assaulting six girls in the same family. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.