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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Socialites deny Juneteenth party was racist at press conference – and inadvertently spark new race row

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A Rochester, New York, couple accused of hosting a racist party mocking Juneteenth rejected those allegations during a press conference after a Black firefighter filed a lawsuit against them.

Firefighter Jerrod James, who was asked by the fire chief to attend the party while he was on duty, alleges in his legal filing that dentist Nicholas Nicosia and real estate agent Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia hosted a racist pool party earlier this summer.

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