Ohio Parents Say School District Covered Up Chronic Bullying that Led 8-Year-Old Son to Commit Suicide
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An Ohio court has ruled in favor of the family of an 8-year-old boy who committed suicide after enduring horrifying and constant bullying at school.
Gabriel Taye, a third-grade student at Carson Elementary School in Cincinnati, hanged himself on January 27, 2017. Taye was subjected to constant bullying that took place at his school without his parents being made aware by school officials. Taye’s family filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati Public School District, citing a cover-up that took place in an effort to keep secret the persistent, abusive, and aggressive bullying that took place on school grounds.
On Tuesday, an Ohio judge ruled that parents of an 8-year-old boy who died by suicide in 2017 can sue the school district for their son’s death.
Carson Elementary student Gabriel Taye was reportedly bullied in the three years leading up to his death. The third-grader’s parents sued Cincinnati Public Schools’ Board of Education, alleging school officials not only failed to intervene, but they never told the boy’s parents about the relentless bullying before his death, according to WXIX.
The parents’ lawsuit also lists Carson Elementary’s principal Ruthenia Jackson, ex-vice principal Jeffrey McKenzie, former school nurse Margaret McLaughlin, and former superintendent Mary Ronan as defendants.
Family of 8-year-old CPS student who died by suicide wins key court battle
Gabriel Taye was found dead in his room days after video appears to show him being bullied at school.
Court rules in favor of family whose son took his own life after bullying By Brian Planalp and Jason Scott | December 29, 2020 at 5:05 PM EST - Updated January 28 at 11:46 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The family of an 8-year-old CPS student who died by suicide after being bullied in 2017 won a key victory in court Tuesday.
Gabriel Taye was bullied at Carson Elementary countless times in the three years before his death, including shocking incidents where bullying occurred but school officials neither helped him nor told his parents, according to the court opinion.