Cynthia and Albert Logan allege that their daughter Jessica suffered severe emotional distress after her boyfriend, Ryan Salyers, circulated nude pictures of Jessica to a large number of students at Sycamore High School and Loveland High School in Ohio.
In July 2008, after attending the funeral of a friend who had committed suicide, Jessica returned home and hanged herself.
The Logans are asking for damages from Salyers, Sycamore High school, their city, the school district, and some of Salyers' friends.
She was vivacious. She was fun. She was artistic. She was compassionate. She was a good kid, Cynthia Logan said in a March 6 MSNBC article. She claims that after the pictures circulated, her daughter was constantly attacked, ridiculed, and tortured at school and began to skip classes. Jessica apparently sought help from a school counselor, but the teasing continued.
Sending nude and semi-nude pictures to classmates is fairly common among today's teenagers. According to a recent survey by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, almost 40 percent of teens have sent or posted sexually suggestive materials, and 48 percent report receiving them.
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