One of Queensland’s most elite private schools is being hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit over claims it ignored horrific abuse by schoolyard bullies. Now 20 years-old, a former student claimed he suffered repeated attacks at Brisbane Grammar School between 2013 and 2015 while on a soccer scholarship. This includes being brutally punched by a gang of students and even choked with a computer cord at the $27,540-a-year school. The man’s $2 million dollar lawsuit claims the physical assaults have left him with traumatic brain injury, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic issues - leaving him unable to get a job. Although Mr O’Connor admits bullying claims are typically very difficult cases to win, there are similar examples which have been successful in Australia courts.

Source: Daily Mail June 06, 2020 16:10 UTC