[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Many celebrities are speaking out against bullying in response to news of a 12-year-old boy from Tooele County, Utah, who died by suicide after a classmate was physically and emotionally harassing him for the past year.
In a heartbreaking interview with KUTV CBS 2, Drayke Hardman‘s parents Samie and Andrew Hardman opened up about their son’s devastating situation, explaining that they thought they had done everything they could to help him before he tragically passed away. Related: Britney Spears Was Invited To Share Her Conservatorship Story With Congress! Over the past year, Drayke had been bullied relentlessly, the attacks coming largely from a single unnamed child.
Samie and Andrew brought up the issue with the school, which got involved and suspended the student. Shortly after this, the Hardmans asked their son if he was experiencing any suicidal thoughts, the mom recalled: But things took a drastic turn on February 7 when Drayke returned home from school with a black eye.
At first, he lied to his parents and wouldn’t tell them how he got injured. Later, the young boy confided in one of his sisters that he had gotten into a physical fight with a classmate.
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