Lawsuit Alleges Student Committed Suicide over Bullying About His Vaccination Status
A lawsuit alleges a 15-year-old boy committed suicide after he was bullied by a false rumor regarding his vaccination status.
Filed Monday by the boy’s parents, the lawsuit alleges administrators for the Latin School of Chicago committed “wilful failure” to prevent the incessant bullying against 10th grader Nate Bronstein.
Though Bronstein had actually been vaccinated against the coronavirus, the lawsuit claims the bullying against him was relentless as a rumor spread branding him unvaccinated. Bronstein reportedly transferred to the school amid the pandemic due to the in-person learning.
Several employees and parents of the alleged bullies are defendants in the lawsuit, according to the New York Post.
“The boy’s parents, Robert and Rosellene Bronstein, even reached out to the other student’s family about the constant badgering, the suit claims,” noted the Post. “But the harassment only worsened — with Nate being told by a teacher in class that he was going ‘nowhere in life,’ according to the lawsuit.”
