“The parents of Ghyslain Raza, the Quebec teenager who became a celebrity this spring after classmates posted on the Internet a video of him mimicking a Star Wars character, allege that their son was so humiliated by the experience that he had to get psychiatric care.” —Parents File Lawsuit over Star Wars Video (Globe and Mail)
Eww. This sounds really bad. Court documents include transcripts of chat sessions in which the Star Wars Kid’s classmates plot agaist him.
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