You may recall yesterday's horrible story about a 5-year-old boy who claims four of his older classmates sodomized him in a school bathroom in June. Or you may have succesfully blocked it out as a method of Back to School self-preservation. If so, you're not alone: The Department of Education also seems eager to make the incident go away. A DOE spokesperson tells the Daily News that after an investigation, "the allegations could not be substantiated." But that's not what an NYPD detective told the boy's mother.
Yenny Valero, the unidentified boy's mom, tells the News, "The police investigation says the exact opposite. The detectives told me it was true. One of the kids confirmed what my son says. He gave details about what happened to my boy." Her son claims four boys, all 6 or 7 years old, accosted him in the bathroom of the Queens school, held him down, removed his pants and inserted at least one finger into his anus. Naturally, Valero's suing the city; her lawsuit claims that her son, who wears ankle braces because of balance issues, suffered physical injuries and posttraumatic stress disorder.
