Michigan mom sues school and its principal because daughter, 14, committed suicide after being sent home for tossing bottles in class while high on weed
Michigan mom is suing school and its principal over daughter, 14, killed herself after being sent home for throwing bottles in class while high on weed
- Maisoon Renick is suing a school and its principal over the death of her daughter Selena Perez, who committed suicide after being sent home from school
- In all, according to the lawsuit, the family is seeking damages totaling $25 million
- Perez’s death remains the subject of a criminal investigation, with police seizing a school-issued device she used to communicate with her principal
A Michigan mother is suing a school and its principal after her daughter committed suicide after being sent home from school.
Maisoon Renick’s 14-year-old daughter, Selena Perez, committed suicide in May after school authorities sent her home alone under the influence of drugs.
Perez had been a freshman at Annapolis High School in Dearborn Heights and had been sent home for misconduct and “throwing bottles” by Principal Aaron Mollett and District Superintendent Tyrone Weeks.
The two have now been named as defendants in a lawsuit brought by Renick who are being charged with wrongful death and gross negligence
The lawsuit alleges that the district and principal failed to enforce the school’s code of conduct, which should have included a 10-day suspension and notice to parents.
Selena Perez, pictured here, was a freshman at Annapolis High School in Dearborn Heights when she committed suicide
Maisoon Renick, pictured here, is now suing the school and its principal over her daughter’s death
Court documents viewed by DailyMail.com state in the lawsuit that Mollett contacted Renick by phone to report her daughter’s behavior, including “throwing bottles” in the classroom.
It also alleges that Mollett “deliberately and deliberately failed to report that Perez was under any influence of marijuana” to her mother.
The documents continued, “Mollett allowed Selena to leave the school building without seeking medical treatment, notifying her parental guardians of the actual circumstances surrounding her altered mental and physical state, or reporting anything to local authorities.
“Selena walked home alone, in an altered state of mental health, and committed suicide in the basement of her residence shortly after arriving, resulting in her death.”
Thirty minutes after Perez’s death, Mollett and Weeks showed up at the family home without an invitation.
The suit alleges they did so “under the guise of offering condolences on Selena’s passing” and then telling her mother she was under the influence.
It continues, “The mere arrival of Mollett and Weeks so close to Selena’s death raises genuine concerns about how they developed knowledge of Selena’s passing.
“From whom they obtained that information, the content and content of their electronic communications with Selena, and the nature of their relationship with Selena.”
Mollett also allegedly told Renick that her daughter was using marijuana before trying to go back on his statement, the indictment said.
The lawsuit alleges that Mollett, pictured here, “willfully and willfully failed to report that Perez was under the influence of marijuana” to her mother
District Superintendent Tyrone Weeks, pictured here, is also charged in the lawsuit
Perez was a freshman at Annapolis High School in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, pictured here
In all, Perez’s family is seeking $25 million in damages, claiming that Mollett and Weeks knew Selena was suicidal when she left school.
Renick previously told CBS news: ‘She had a warm heart and a wonderful soul. I want to know if he could have prevented this.
“If there was any communication between him and Selena because (she) trusted him a lot.
“If she had gone to him and said something and he hadn’t notified us, I want to know.”
Mollett was placed on paid leave after Perez’s death, then resumed work until the end of the term and was again furloughed.
Weeks was relieved of his duties May 17 and is the subject of three Title XI complaints, a state civil rights complaint, several union grievances and allegations of unfair labor practices, according to the Michigan Education Association.