In an email to The Associated Press days after the incident, Smurro apologized for his actions, and said he should have just walked away from the situation. He did not respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday.
Gina Brunner, administrator of Galloway s municipal court, said Smurro filed harassment complaints against Debra and Robert Harris, and Elaine Nelson, whose hometowns were not immediately available.
Those people have also filed harassment charges against Smurro; all the claims will be the subject of a hearing on Thursday, Brunner said.
A complaint filed by two other people who say they were hit by the beer thrown by Smurro, Carolyn DiPietro and Christopher Benino, was rejected after Municipal Court Judge Howard Freed determined there was not probable cause to sustain the charge.
In an email to The Associated Press days after the incident, Smurro apologized for his actions, and said he should have just walked away from the situation. He did not respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday.
Gina Brunner, administrator of Galloway s municipal court, said Smurro filed harassment complaints against Debra and Robert Harris, and Elaine Nelson, whose hometowns were not immediately available.
Those people have also filed harassment charges against Smurro; all the claims will be the subject of a hearing on Thursday, Brunner said.
A complaint filed by two other people who say they were hit by the beer thrown by Smurro, Carolyn DiPietro and Christopher Benino, was rejected after Municipal Court Judge Howard Freed determined there was not probable cause to sustain the charge.
UpdatedThu, May 27, 2021 at 4:00 pm ET
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A Galloway Township municipal court judge is slated to examine Neptune Middle School VP and Freehold resident Michael Smurro’s case Thursday. (Shutterstock)
FREEHOLD, NJ A Neptune Middle School vice principal who threw beer at a group who filmed his wife s transphobic rant is set to have harassment claims against him reviewed by a municipal judge in Galloway Township on Thursday.
Michael Smurro is also accusing the onlookers of harassment against himself and his wife.
The vice principal tossed beer at a table of restaurant patrons who filmed his wife complaining about a trans woman using the women s bathroom at Fred & Ethel s Lantern Light and Tavern in Galloway Township on April 24.
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In this May 7, 2021 photo, a demonstrator holds a flag during a protest in Neptune Township N.J., against Michael Smurro. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
GALLOWAY A Monmouth County 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, as well as those he accuses of harassing him and his wife, Lisa.
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