Student kills himself after peers mercilessly bully him over his vaccination status: Lawsuit
The family of a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide is suing the late teen’s high school, saying it failed to act after he was targeted by a false rumor about his vaccination status.
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Parents Robert and Rosellene Bronstein said that their son, 15-year-old Nate Bronstein, took his own life in January after months of bullying, the Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday.
The Bronsteins filed the suit against the Latin School of Chicago on Monday, alleging that the private school’s administrators committed “willful failure” in protecting their son from being “tormented on a regular basis.”
According to the suit, at least one student began spreading the rumor that Nate was unvaccinated. Though the teen was vaccinated, his parents said, other students harassed the teen over what was perceived to be his vaccination status.
Nate was said to have endured months of bullying, both on Snapchat and in school — reportedly being told by a teacher that he was going “nowhere in life” — before the teen set up a meeting with the dean of the elite school in an attempt to stop the harassment.
