NJ school district where Adriana Kuch died by suicide hit with another bullying lawsuit

A New Jersey school district where 14-year-old Adriana Kuch was bullied into taking her own life was hit with another lawsuit alleging officials failed to investigate the on-campus harassment of a different student.

The unnamed autistic youngster was mercilessly bullied for years over their sexual orientation and perceived disability while   Central Regional School District administrators showed “willful indifference,” a lawsuit from the student’s parent alleges.

The victim was “subjected to a hostile, intimidating and abusive educational environment” starting in early middle school during fall 2021, according to the suit cited by NJ.com.

School administrators and other professionals allegedly knew the student was being tormented yet didn’t look into the abuse, according to court papers.

The disturbing allegation comes in the wake of Kuch’s humiliating beating at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township — and the online circulation of a video of the attack.

Kuch took her own life two days later, on Feb. 3, in what her father called a direct result of repeated harassment — prompting a firestorm of accusations that the school district has a culture of bullying.

The suit against the district is the second in recent months over its alleged failure to properly handle bullying — and the third time legal action has been taken. In October 2022, the family of Olivia O’Dea sued the district, claiming it has a pattern of on-campus assaults and social media bullying that officials failed to address.

“I went through physical assault in the same school when I was a freshman, and the humiliation, the bullying,” former student Olivia O’Deas said following Kuch’s death. Her case is pending.

In mid-February, a lawyer for Kuch’s heartbroken family, William Krais, took the first steps to sue the district by preparing a tort claim. Krais didn’t immediately return The Post’s call Thursday.

A spokeswoman for the Central Regional School District in Bayville declined to comment on pending litigation, according to NJ.com

Superintendent Douglas Corbett has denied a culture of bullying in the school district but announced a series of policy reviews and potential initiatives to evaluate the issue.

In the most recent lawsuit, the autistic student’s gender and age were not noted, and the date it was filed was not immediately clear.