Pineville,
LA. – A major college and its president have rejected allegations they
discriminated against a Jewish man who applied for an assistant football
coaching job.
Louisiana
College president Rick Brewer said in a statement Friday that he had been
unfairly ‘vilified and determined guilty by certain persons from across the
nation.’
Joshua
Bonadona sued
the college and Brewer on Wednesday, accusing them of violating his civil
rights.
An
attorney for Brewer and the Pineville school said they ‘wholeheartedly’ denied
the lawsuit’s allegations and ‘look forward to their day in court and the
dismissal of the lawsuit.’
Bonadona’s
lawsuit says he applied for a job as defensive backs coach and was interviewed
last May by Brewer and head football coach Justin Charles.
Charles
had highly recommended the coach and he was the only candidate that the coach
nominated.
The
suit claims Charles later told Bonadona that Brewer refused to approve his
hiring because of what Brewer called his ‘Jewish blood.’
Bonadona’s
lawyer, James Bullman, filed a complaint with the EEOC about his allegations.
You can read the full complaint here.
