Rhode Island Jury Awards $5.4 Million in Case Linking High School Coach’s Actions to Teen’s Suicide
Providence, RI — A Rhode Island jury has awarded $5.4 million to the family of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide after his high school football coach allegedly exerted pressure on him to disclose the identities of students involved in sending the coach harassing messages. The verdict, delivered this week, concluded that the actions of the coach at Portsmouth High School contributed significantly to the teenager’s tragic death in 2018. The legal representatives for Nathan Bruno’s family argued that Ryan Moniz, the football coach at the time, not only demanded that Nathan disclose the … Read more