The family of a seventh grader at Coronado Middle School who died by suicide earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the Coronado Unified School District, alleging district officials failed to take action or support the teen while he faced rampant bullying from other students.

Gabriel Palacios, 13, died a few months after he inadvertently shared a video over social media that included nude images of himself, according to the lawsuit filed last week in San Diego Superior Court.

Though he quickly deleted the video – which attorneys say he recorded because he was “curious about a medical issue he was experiencing” – one student had saved it and threatened to spread it, the complaint said.

Gabriel’s family says he already faced bullying because he was neurodivergent, but it ramped up

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