David T
Banned
NEW YORK (AP) - Professional wrestling gives children the impression "that every dirty trick is legal," a family court judge has told a Senate task force.
"We know professional wrestling is exhibitionism, but the public doesn't know that," Judge Daneil D Leddy Jr. of Staten Island said Tuesday.
He testified as the task force began hearings in Manhattan to investigate alleged illegal practices, treatment of wrestlers, and the effect of violence on children.
State Senator Abraham Bernstein, D-Bronx, has proposed legislation prohibiting pro wrestling in New York state.
"I want to prohibit professional wrestling as it is portrayed today because of its depiction of violence and physical punishment," said Bernstein who singled out wrestling "because it has reached tremendous proportions."
Source: The Free-Lance Star
Date of article: October 9, 1985
"We know professional wrestling is exhibitionism, but the public doesn't know that," Judge Daneil D Leddy Jr. of Staten Island said Tuesday.
He testified as the task force began hearings in Manhattan to investigate alleged illegal practices, treatment of wrestlers, and the effect of violence on children.
State Senator Abraham Bernstein, D-Bronx, has proposed legislation prohibiting pro wrestling in New York state.
"I want to prohibit professional wrestling as it is portrayed today because of its depiction of violence and physical punishment," said Bernstein who singled out wrestling "because it has reached tremendous proportions."
Source: The Free-Lance Star
Date of article: October 9, 1985