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14-year-old boy committed suicide last November after video of him pleasuring
himself spread all over his school in Southern California, USA.
Matthew Burdette, 14, took his own
life during his family’s Thanksgiving vacation, leaving a note saying he could
no longer "handle school" and had "no friends." Now his
parents filed a $1 million lawsuit against the San Diego Unified School
District.
According to their claim, Matthew,
who was on the water polo and wrestling teams, was kicked out of class on Nov.
15 for eating sunflower seeds. The teacher didn’t give him anywhere to go, so
he wandered the halls and ended up in a boys’ bathroom.
"Another student peeked over a
bathroom stall and videotaped Matthew, allegedly masturbating. That student
posted the video on social media and it quickly went viral among students at
schools through the district,"
the claim said.
The parents, Timothy and Barbara
Burdette, didn’t learn about the video until after their son’s passing.
When the couple went to University
High School to ask if they had knowledge of the clip prior to Matthew’s
suicide, the Burdettes were told that the school had launched an investigation
into the provenance of the video, implying that the school did in fact know
about the video. The Burdettes now allege the school knew about the incident
and the harassment, but did nothing to stop it.
The Burdettes say their son quickly
became withdrawn in the two-week window between the incident and his suicide: "Matthew’s
once positive and outgoing personality was now wrought with insecurity and
depression."
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