Two former Nets ball boys have sued the team alleging that they lost their job after they joined in protests against racial injustice following the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
Juwan Williams and Edward Bolden Jr., both black, make the claim in a suit filed in federal court in Brooklyn. They allege that their supervisor, Joe Cuomo, Director of Equipment and Travel for the Nets, specifically stopped them from discussing racial justice issues with the players as part of his opposition to the protests.
“Cuomo specifically prohibited Bolden and Williams from speaking to any Nets players regarding ongoing racial inequities in the nation,” lawyers for the two men wrote in the suit filed Monday.