The parents of 10-year-old student at a Los Angeles private school are suing the school after the boy was expelled for sending emails containing squirt gun emojis and rap lyrics to another student.
A fifth-grader has been expelled from one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious private schools for sending a friend a squirt gun emoji and rap lyrics, prompting a lawsuit from the boy’s parents. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court came after the 10-year-old was expelled from the Curtis School for an email exchange with his friend containing squirt gun emojis and the lyrics to the YNW Melly rap song 'Murder on My Mind.
The lawsuit, obtained by KKTV, alleges that the Head of School Meera Ratnesar unfairly disciplined the boy 'without evidence that his email exchange broke a school policy.' The parents of the 10-year-old seek to reverse the expulsion of the 10-year-old boy from the Curtis School along with paying the family's attorneys' fees. ' decision to expel and bar him from campus is arbitrary and capricious,' the lawsuit said.
The school sent out the following statement to local media outlets: 'While we were disappointed to learn about the litigation, our priority is to ensure a safe and secure campus for all of our students,' the statement said. 'We are unable to comment on individual students.' Fox News Digital has reached out to the Curtis School for comment.
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