Lawsuit alleges soccer coach benched teen who was injured by teammate for alleged racial slur

FIRST ON FOX: A New York household has filed a suit against a Christian school, the Archdiocese of New York and a erstwhile shot coach, alleging that their teenage lad was injured aft schoolhouse officials failed to supervise students earlier a precocious schoolhouse diversion event.

The suit besides included allegations that the pupil who was injured was the 1 who was punished, for allegedly utilizing a radical slur.

The complaint, filed successful New York Supreme Court successful Dutchess County, was brought by S.O. connected behalf of his insignificant child, L.O., a pupil and shot subordinate astatine Our Lady of Lourdes High School successful Poughkeepsie. The suit names the school, the Archdiocese of New York and a erstwhile manager arsenic defendants.

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According to the complaint, the lawsuit stems from a Sept. 19, 2025, alleged. incidental involving L.O. and different subordinate of the school’s shot team. The ailment alleges the teammate grabbed L.O. and slammed him onto a spot of concrete, causing abrasions to his arm, backmost and hip, and the manager was not contiguous during the incident.

After the incident, the manager allegedly questioned the squad but did not talk with L.O. extracurricular the beingness of the different player, according to the complaint. The filing says the manager focused connected L.O.’s connection that, if helium was a "camel," the different subordinate was an "ape," which the manager allegedly interpreted arsenic a radical slur. The manager past allegedly ordered L.O. to crook his jersey wrong retired and benched him for the remainder of warmups and the game.

The ailment alleges that the manager did not measure L.O. for injuries oregon inquire whether helium was okay, contempt being told that helium had been hurt.

The manager was aboriginal terminated by the school, according to aggregate reports.

The filing says L.O. and his parents did not petition Cancro’s termination and alleges that the determination was made solely by the schoolhouse and/or the Archdiocese.

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The suit further alleges that, aft Cancro’s termination, L.O. and his parents became the people of hostility from squad members, parents and coaches.

The suit asserts 1 origin of action: negligent supervision. It alleges that the school, Archdiocese and Cancro had a work to supervise students during the diversion lawsuit and breached that work by failing to guarantee an big was contiguous earlier and during the altercation.

The household seeks damages for carnal injuries, affectional distress, intelligence harm, humiliation, spot harm and different monetary losses, on with costs and different alleviation deemed due by the court.

The allegations person not been proven successful court.

The lawyer representing the plaintiffs, Kimberly Lau of the steadfast Offit Kurman, has provided a connection to Fox News Digital.

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A shot shot sits connected the tract earlier the Division III men's shot title astatine UNC Greensboro Soccer Stadium successful Greensboro, N.C., connected Dec. 2, 2017. (Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

"Context matters. A kid was wounded connected schoolhouse grounds during a clip erstwhile supervision was required. We anticipation that the schoolhouse tin enactment with the household to reconstruct a affirmative schoolhouse situation for him and guarantee each students are protected successful the future," Lau said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Our Lady of Lourdes High School and the Archdiocese of New York.