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Three defendants dismissed from family lawsuit following sonâs death Nigel Shelby (Source: Shelby family) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | May 18, 2021 at 12:17 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 12:17 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Three defendants were removed last week from a lawsuit involving a Huntsville teen who took his own life back in 2019.
In an update from a lawsuit reported in April 2021, the City of Huntsville, Mayor Tommy Battle and Assistant Principal Lauren Woltjen have been dismissed from a case brought by the family of Nigel Shelby.
According to the original suit, the following parties are still defendants in the case:
Huntsville school officials knew Nigel Shelby was suicidal, lawsuit says
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
Posted Apr 13, 2021
Nigel Shelby, 15, died by suicide in April, 2019. His family has hired a prominent civil rights attorney to investigate the school system s treatment of their son.
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The family of Nigel Shelby, the 15-year-old boy who took his own life in 2019, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Huntsville City Schools as well as the city of Huntsville alleging school officials failed to stop him from being bullied because he was openly gay and that bullying led to his suicide.
The lawsuit also maintains that Huntsville school administrators knew that Shelby was considering suicide and took no action.
Nigel Shelby
The family of an openly gay teenager who died by suicide after relentless bullying and harassment that was allegedly allowed to go unchecked by school officials is suing the city of Huntsville and its public school system for violating his civil rights.
Nigel Shelby, 14, died by suicide on April 18, 2019, after being tormented by fellow schoolmates, who physically assaulted him, called him derogatory names, racial slurs, and anti-gay slurs, and bullied him on social media as well in person. Shelby became more and more depressed and began engaging in self-harming behaviors as the bullying continued.
Civil rights lawyers Benjamin Crump and Jasmine Rand, who are serving as co-counsel for Shelby’s family in the lawsuit, said in a press conference on Tuesday that school administrators refused to take action to stop the bullying even after Shelby complained of the harassment he was receiving.
Huntsville City Schools sued for Title IX, Title XII violations after teen’s suicide
On Tuesday, one family filed a lawsuit against Huntsville City Schools over their son’s suicide.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 7:02 PM
Posted By: Bridget Divers
On Tuesday, one family filed a lawsuit against Huntsville City Schools over their son’s suicide.
The lawsuit by Nigel Shelby’s family alleges violations by school leaders and the city on the basis of race and sex.
Nigel Shelby
The family s attorneys said that Nigel Shelby was bullied at school and online all because of his sexual orientation and race. There was a long pattern of bullying and discrimination against Nigel Shelby by other students, you know, for months and months at this school and it dragged on for an extended period of time, said Jasmine Rand, one of the family s attorneys.