Louis Johnson III, “LJ,” was 11 years old when he took his own life on April 27, 2023.
Two years after his tragic passing, his grieving parents, Tyka Johnson and Louis Johnson Jr., filed a lawsuit against the school district he was in, the Marion County School Board in Ocala, Fla., on Monday, April 21, over LJ’s suicide.
They claimed their son’s fifth-grade teacher, named as Donna White in the lawsuit but listed as Dawn in school’s documents, b***ied him constantly and invited other students to call him names, which led to LJ’s anxiety, depression, and eventually committing suicide.
According to the Johnsons — as stated in the filing obtained by People — White “constantly, consistently and relentlessly publicly humiliated minor child [LJ] in front of his peers, calling him ‘stupid’ and ridiculing him in front of his classmates on several occasions over the span of months.”
The parents took their concerns of b****ying to the school board, but they didn’t act in any way to prevent the teacher’s behavior.
According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, LJ died in the hospital, two days after his attempt to take his own life.
Following the tragic incident, authorities interviewed more than two dozen students about White’s behavior, WCJB reported.
The report from the questioning of the students revealed that the teacher, whose contract was terminated following the investigation, would get furious and reduce students to tears when they failed to answer her questions right.
White’s “verbally insulting, humiliating, and embarrassing students” inflicted psychological distress on her victims, the report concluded.
LJ’s family started a GoFundMe page to help the family with the expenses. In it, they once again accused White of leading LJ to death.
“LJ was the youngest of four and so full of potential and promise. He loved the beach, catching crabs, making TikTok recipes and was a huge advocate for the homeless. If he saw a homeless person, he immediately said ‘dad, we gotta pray for that person’. Since moving to Florida, LJ battled with b****ing. He gave up his fight and took his own life on 4/27/2023.”
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