Last spring, a Georgia middle-school student stabbed another student 14 times in the school’s gymnasium.
Now, the victim’s mother, Ashley Wilson of Henry County, southeast of Atlanta, is suing administrators at Ola Middle School in McDonough, arguing that they did not take action against the suspect despite knowing that the then-eighth-grader had a knife and intended to use it.
“The attack resulted in 14 stab wounds and lacerations across Ashley’s daughter’s body — everything from her face to her neck to her back to her breasts. And she is, to this day, still recovering both physically and emotionally,” attorney Adam Princenthal, founding member of the Princenthal, May & Wilson law firm in Sandy Springs, Georgia, told Fox News Digital.
Wilson’s daughter “has scars everywhere,” including a scar on her face that is “the primary concern of the young lady” because it “remains noticeable to this day.”
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The lawsuit alleges that school administrators did nothing after being notified by a school resource officer (SRO) on March 14 that the female suspect had a knife in her possession on school grounds and had made threats against the victim’s friend.
Despite receiving the SRO’s report, administrators did not investigate the student nor take action as required under school policies, according to the complaint.
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On March 15, the juvenile suspect reportedly attacked Wilson’s daughter in the Ola Middle School gym despite the fact that she was not the focus of the suspect’s threats made against other students the day prior.
The suspect approached the victim as she was walking to gym class and began to harass her. The victim apparently tried to walk away and asked the suspect to leave her alone “several times,” according to the lawsuit.
“[T]eachers who witnessed the harassment…
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