A lawsuit alleges that a young girl endured severe racial bullying, sexual harassment, and threats at her Prospect Park school. The suit claims school officials failed to protect her despite repeated complaints from her mother. The girl, who attempted suicide as a result of the abuse, is now receiving treatment and her family plans to relocate.
They lobbed racial slurs at the girl, calling her the N-word and “monkey,” pushed her down the stairs, stole her lunch, and sexually harassed her, according to a lawsuit filed by her family. There was even an Instagram page allegedly created specifically to abuse her.
The mother’s lawsuit was filed late last month in New Jersey Superior Court in Paterson. It accuses the Prospect Park Board of Education and seven officials of failing to provide the “proper supervision and security” to shield the girl from bullying. The family’s 12-page, four-count lawsuit alleges the bullying began in September 2020. The girl’s classmates repeatedly referred to her in vulgar terms and subjected her to sexual harassment by threatening to rape her, “sexually” hugging her and grinding against her.
The “hostile school environment” led the girl to barricade herself in the school bathroom, cut herself, and eventually attempt suicide last June, the lawsuit says.
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