Professor's License Listed Clean Toilets

In April 2015, a Zambian-born man named Gilbert Kalonde, an assistant professor at Montana State University, bought a fishing license at a Walmart in Montana. Although Kalonde showed proof of his university employment, an employee entered "clean toilets" as his occupation in the state database, and the description remained when he renewed the license in 2016. A colleague later noticed the label and joked about it within earshot of students. In April 2017, Kalonde sued Walmart for libel in District Court, seeking unspecified damages for the alleged humiliation and damage to his reputation.

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