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

FIRST ON FOX: A New York family has revenge a suit against a Christian school, nan Archdiocese of New York and a erstwhile shot coach, alleging that their teenage boy was injured aft schoolhouse officials grounded to supervise students earlier a precocious schoolhouse diversion event.

The suit besides included allegations that nan student who was injured was nan 1 who was punished, for allegedly utilizing a group slur.

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

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According to nan complaint, nan lawsuit stems from a Sept. 19, 2025, alleged. incident involving L.O. and different personnel of nan school’s shot team. The title alleges nan teammate grabbed L.O. and slammed him onto a spot of concrete, causing abrasions to his arm, backmost and hip, and nan coach was not coming during nan incident.

After nan incident, nan coach allegedly questioned nan squad but did not speak pinch L.O. extracurricular nan beingness of nan different player, according to nan complaint. The filing says nan coach focused connected L.O.’s connection that, if he was a "camel," nan different subordinate was an "ape," which nan coach allegedly interpreted arsenic a group slur. The coach past allegedly ordered L.O. to move his jersey wrong retired and benched him for nan remainder of warmups and nan game.

The title alleges that nan coach did not measure L.O. for injuries aliases inquire whether he was okay, contempt being told that he had been hurt.

The coach was later terminated by nan school, according to aggregate reports.

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

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

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

The family seeks damages for beingness injuries, affectional distress, psychological harm, humiliation, property harm and different monetary losses, on pinch costs and different alleviation deemed due by nan court.

The allegations person not been proven in court.

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

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A shot ball sits connected nan section earlier nan 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 dream that nan schoolhouse tin activity pinch nan family to reconstruct a affirmative schoolhouse situation for him and guarantee each students are protected successful nan future," Lau said.

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