Christie Calls Hazing Scandal at NJ High School ‘Extraordinarily Disturbing’
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ABC/Ida Mae Astute(SAYREVILLE, N.J.) — Gov. Chris Christie called the hazing allegations involving a New Jersey High School football team “extraordinarily disturbing” on Thursday.
“As the father of a number of teenage athletes,” Christie said, “the idea that that kind of conduct could be permitted, if it’s true, that that kind of conduct could be permitted in a high school athletic program, or anywhere else in our state for that matter, is absolutely unacceptable.”
Students at the school allegedly took part in hazing rituals that amounted to sexual assault. “If these facts as alleged are true, then this is a nightmare for the parents of those young men,” Christie said, adding that he aims to, “ensure that no other young male or female athletes are exposed to that type of treatment.”
Christie says he has been in touch with New Jersey Education Commissioner David Hespe about ongoing work to deal with potential hazing.
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