Bullying Victim Files Lawsuit Against School
Published: 9/29 11:41 am
Updated: 9/29 2:05 pm
Sara Clark and her parents filed the lawsuit today asking for compensatory and punitive damages.
Clark spoke with Local 12 in May about the bullying she endured at the hands of a fellow student, who got mad at her for going out with her boyfriend. She told Local 12, "Junior year it was all over a boy --it was because he cheated on her with me, but I was unaware that they were together still, so it was all over a boy -- stupid high school drama."
Clark says the girl confronted her at a Halloween party last year. "And I said well --you need to talk to your boyfriend because he told me you guys were broken up --and right in the middle of saying broken she just punched me right in the face."
Clark had to have nine stitches in her forehead. The other girl was criminally charged and sentenced to community service.
But today's lawsuit claims a temporary protection order, filed by the court to protect Clark, was not followed and that the assaulting girl was allowed to come into her classes and threatened her and also threatened her in the school's lunchroom, parking lot and at sporting events. Clark's parents say they met with the school and provided a copy of her TPO but the school said it was under no obligation to take action because the initial assault occurred off school property.
The lawsuit names the school district, the high school's principal assistant principal, the assaulting student and her parents as co-defendants.
Randy Oppenheiner, Community Relations Director of Fairfield Schools says the school's policy is not to comment on pending lawsuits and they had not received a copy of it as of this morning. He adds, "We have an anti-bullying policy and we work hard to stop it whenever it is going on."
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