did the Plymouth Canton School District
do enough to respond to a Canton high
schooler sexual harassment claim that's
the basis of a lawsuit that was recently
filed and tonight the young woman who
says she was harassed and bullied so
severely she tried to take her own life
is now sharing her story Karen drew is
here now and Karen you sat down with
both the student and her mom yes I did
Sandra and they wanted to keep their
story in the spotlight as Plymouth
Canton schools response to their lawsuit
is due this week tonight
the student sharing upsetting details on
what she says happened to her at Canton
High School I don't want other people to
go through what I went through this 16
year old will call Mia is still
recovering from the trauma she says she
experienced at Canton high school over
the course of more than a year I told
the school of multiple times that I was
afraid for my life Mia says the problems
started when a young man she dated for a
few weeks started to follow her and
stalk her in school he was outside of
classes like every day classes that he
was nowhere near in his schedule he
would call me a [ __ ] and a [ __ ]
I told multiple times school officials
like hey this stuff is going on what was
the response at the school they just
kept telling me we'll take care of it
we'll take care of it Mia's mom says she
too went to the Plymouth Canton School
District to frequently complain I
reached out a lot through emails through
phone contact set up meetings all kinds
of things and just couldn't get anywhere
I could see that he was escalating
according to this lawsuit filed that is
exactly what happened it was after
school I was walking to an after-school
activity and he saw me on the bridge on
the path and he pushed me into it and I
tore all the muscles like in my hand
that was the first incident first yes
wouldn't meet what happened after that
um a few I don't know maybe a week later
I was it was the same spot and he
grabbed my sleeve to my shirt and like
pulled me in a constant state of anxiety
and fear me
says she didn't know what to do next my
depression got really bad it was at that
point the teen says she took 90 adderall
trying to kill herself
it wasn't because I wanted my life to
end I just wanted that life as I knew it
to stop after taking the pills Mia went
to school in a daze according to the
lawsuit she spent four hours walking
around school too agitated to sit in
class yet no one sought medical
attention for her I don't think I even
understood the impact when I know when I
found out she took the pills and I got
her to the emergency room and then I
said in that room with her for three
days what she hallucinate 'add and she
screamed his name over and over and over
again and just why won't he leave me
alone is a case that really falls within
title nine because it's it's a form of
sex harassment it's a form of sex based
bullying to be stalked by an
ex-boyfriend and to be called gendered
terms it's like they have a policy in
place but haven't trained their people
on what the law requires and what their
own policies require why is this lawsuit
so important to you she's not the only
child there are others I know there are
others now some may say well why didn't
you just leave the school district well
she was part of an extracurricular
activity and she says as the victim she
didn't feel she should be the one forced
to leave now the school did issue a
statement reading in part quote the
district does not tolerate harassment of
any kind all allegations of harassment
are taken seriously investigated
thoroughly and responded to with
appropriate action and as you heard with
that mother saying this is not the only
case tonight at 11 another family new
allegations same school district and it
is an exclusive same district yeah I'd
be interesting to see alright Karen
thanks thank you Karen