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Latour v. Riverside Beaver School District

US District Court in Pittsburgh

Watterson (Reed Smith); Walczak

Teen Rapper Case Settled

PITTSBURGH- The Riverside Beaver School District agreed on Monday evening to settle a federal lawsuit with ninth-grade-student, Anthony Latour, and his parents, John and Denise Latour, of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania over the teen rapper’s songs. In addition to a $90,000 financial settlement, the school district agreed to amend its policy regarding the circumstances under which it can exclude students from school because of their speech and to provide a letter to the Latour family which includes a statement acknowledging that “Anthony Latour has not threatened the school or students by way of his songs.”

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