Eminem's Mother Sues Over Bullying

In 1982, a woman named Deborah Mathers sued the Roseville school district for failing to protect her 9-year-old son, Marshall Mathers, who later became American rapper Eminem, from repeated bullying at Dort Elementary School. Her lawsuit said the attacks caused a cerebral concussion, post-traumatic headaches, post-concussion syndrome, intermittent loss of vision and hearing, nausea, and antisocial behavior. One January 1982 assault allegedly involved a boy named DeAngelo Bailey, who knocked Marshall into a snowbank and caused him to lose consciousness. A Macomb County, Michigan, judge dismissed the lawsuit in 1983 after ruling that the schools had legal immunity.

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