NY Mom Marah Rocco sues parents of school bullies after daughter threatened with rape, murder

THE mother of a blind teen who became suicidal after daily torment by school bullies is suing the parents of the mean kids.

The fed-up mom is preparing to file a lawsuit against the parents of teens who bullied studious daughter so badly, the legally blind 16-year-old had to be hospitalised with suicidal thoughts.

"Parents need to be clear that if their children are bullying they need to stop," Howard Beach mom Marah Rocco said to The New York Post, adding that the bullies' parents should be held accountable.

"Bullies are often bullied at home. This is leaed behaviour," said Ms Rocco.

Caitlin Rocco, 16, told The Post that bullies have threatened her with rape and murder and that their parents should rein in their kids.

"People aren’t bo to be bullies. Babies are nice," Caitlin said. "The cruelty that I have faced is a leaed behaviour - and it's leaed from parents."

Rocco family attoey Tedd Kessler said he plans to file suit in Brooklyn Supreme Court against the cruelest and most relentless bullies and their parents. The suit will also name the Department of Education as a defendant.

"The parents need to tell their children to stop harassing this young lady," Mr Kessler said. "Our position is that the parents are responsible for the actions of their children."

Caitlin has faced bullying since middle school, and administrators even had her skip up a year in an attempt to settle her among kinder classmates - but it didn’t work.

Ms Rocco had to take Caitlin to the hospital twice last year when the teen became so depressed about the bullying that she considered killing herself.

Her suicidal thoughts were strong enough on one visit that the teen had to be hospitalised for an entire weekend.

"My daughter is legally blind. She has had her glasses ripped off her face and thrown broken to the floor," said mom Marah, who also blamed Scholars Academy in Rockaway Beach for not resolving the problem.

"The school waits out the victims, because the students who are bullied either graduate, they drop out - or they commit suicide," said Ms Rocco.

"My question is: How many dead children do we have to have before this country takes bullying seriously?"

Read more at The New York Post.