The People vs CJ Pearson
In the state of New Columbia, Alex Billings has accused CJ Pearson, previously a friend, of intentional infliction of emotional distress. This all started because CJ invited Alex to a “Go-go” and Alex wore a weird outfit. (30) All of the “distress” happened over text, on MyFace, and in person with comments that Pearson intended as jokes. CJ Pearson is not guilty of intentional infliction of emotional distress because one, he did not meet all of the requirements in his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) test that the erudite professor gave him; and two, Alex Billings might have had another motive for staying home from school.
Alex Billings does not have PTSD. According to the test that the therapist gave to him, he
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Alex said in his testimony “I gave a fake number for my parent – I knew I’d want to skip some days and not get in trouble when I did.” (11) Here, Alex is saying that he had already planned to skip school which explains the fact that Alex Billings missed a lot of school days. In her testimony, his mother stated, “He had missed more days of school than he had attended! Also, his grades were terrible! And I did not receive so much as a phone call about this from KHS! They didn’t even notice that he wasn’t there.” (16) Of course, his mother wouldn’t receive a phone call. Her son had the audacity to give the school a fake number, making it impossible for the school to get ahold of her. “With school as bad as it was, video games became my main priority. I would stay up all night to beat a level.” (12) It is likely that Billings just wanted to stay home from school and play video games, and his absences had nothing to do with Pearson’s comments whatsoever. CJ Pearson should not be charged with intentional infliction of emotional distress because it is very clear that Billings had another motive to stay home.
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Good Afternoon ladies, gentlemen and honorable judge Elliot. Today I am here to prove that Ms. Pearson is guilty of bullying and causing emotional distress to my client Alex Billings. Ms. Pearson and my client were both enrolled at King High School and met each other at freshman orientation. Upon attending this orientation a quick friendship had begun between Ms. Billings and Ms. Pearson. There at orientation they exchanged phone numbers and even MyFace account names. They were both assigned to the same English class together and even ate lunch together in the cafeteria. That weekend after school had started, Alex and Ms. Pearson met up at Go-Go’s. Ever since that weekend at Go-Go’s Ms. Pearson had constantly
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