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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Adriana Kuch, 14, was attacked by other students in the hallway of her high school last year. She later died by suicide after video of the assault was posted online.

The family of a New Jersey teenager who died by suicide after video of her being assaulted at her high school was posted online is suing the Board of Education and school officials, their attorneys said Monday.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Adriana Kuch's family against the Central Regional Board of Education and others, alleges that officials were aware of “a culture of violence at Central Regional High School” and failed to protect her, the lawyers said.

Adriana took her own life after she was attacked by at least one other student in her high school last year and after video of the attack was posted online.

The assault and the video “led to her public humiliation and ultimate suicide,” the family lawyers said in a statement.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 413 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's more fucked up than just that.

The school (for some reason) gave UK Tabloid The Daily Mail an interview.

They said the father cheated on the mother and forced the daughter to move in with the mistress, that the victim was a drug dealer and was beaten for selling laced marijuana to her attackers, so the victim killed herself because of her unstable home life and drug addiction, not the beating the school ignored.

So they're not just being sued for not doing anything after the beating, they're being sued for slander as well.

Edit:

Since OPs link doesn't go into all that, here's the article I read the other day so you don't have to take my word on it

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/teens-suicide-after-school-beating-video-goes-viral-sparks-family-lawsuit-for-catastrophic-failure-and-cruel-treatment-by-school-officials/

I also forgot the school brought up the victims mom died of suicide as well... Implying it would have happened anyways.

“The mom killed herself two years ago. The girls that assaulted her were friends with her but thought she had laced the marijuana they had smoked together. The father is very upset and lost his only child so sometimes you just have to eat the s— sandwich,” an email from Parlapanides stated, according to the lawsuit.

[-] Algaroth@lemmy.world 126 points 9 months ago

"eat the shit sandwich" is unbelievably crass when talking about the suicide of a teenage girl who was their student. Fucking hell.

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 101 points 9 months ago

Jesus, that's just pure malice on the school's part. Not even through incompetence, it seems downright deliberate. Absolute sociopaths, I hope the family takes them to the fuckin' cleaners.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I was really surprised this article just ignores all that extra stuff. That's the main reason for the lawsuit.

Especially since it was for a tabloid from another country, like why wouldn't you just ignore them?

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 39 points 9 months ago

Yeeeeeeeeshhhh good fuck them then I hope they all burn

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 17 points 9 months ago

And we let people like this near kids. No wonder society is where it's at

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

God, it boils your blood doesn't it. That poor child. She is at peace now.

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