the family\u2019s attorney, Rosemarie Arnold<\/a>. “This was not a fight, this was an ambush and a beat down.\u201d<\/p>\nAccording to the lawsuit and the teen\u2019s father, a bully had been spreading rumors and circulating seductive photos of a female classmate at the high school. The teen beaten allegedly approached this student inside the school library and asked him to stop. In return, the alleged bully ordered a friend on the wrestling team to pummel the teen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis poor child was the only one who came forward and said you really need to stop this,\u201d said Arnold. “And because he came forward, like he was taught, he got a beat down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The teenage girl and the teen beaten are the two alleged victims who are suing.<\/p>\n
PIX11 contacted the Ridgewood Schools Superintendent for comment today. He referred us to earlier public statements published on the district\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
One reads: \u201c[We] will use this recent incident to address \u2018witness\u2019 behavior as a school community. It is highly unfortunate that the incident – which happened after school hours on district property – resulted in unnecessary and unacceptable violence.”<\/p>\n
New Jersey passed an anti-bullying bill of rights in 2010 in an effort to combat bullying in public schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is this whole thing now in high schools now, how they want you to try and intervene,\u201d said Arnold. “They have interviews and they have training materials, but what they don\u2019t do is they don\u2019t teach you how to safely intervene,\u201d said Arnold.<\/p>\n
“Frankly, I\u2019m disgusted,\u201d said the boy\u2019s father of the school\u2019s response to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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