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Black Mom, Attorney Ordered to Pay $3.2 Million to White Student Whose Life They Tried to Ruin With Fake Hate Allegations
The Western Journal ^ | 02/06/2026 | Samantha Chang

Posted on 02/06/2026 10:44:24 AM PST by DFG

A white youth who was falsely accused of committing a hate crime against his black classmate has been awarded $3.2 million after a Texas jury determined the incident was a hoax fabricated by the classmate’s money-grubbing mother and her race-hustling attorney.

The scam unfolded in 2021, when Summer Smith — the mother of then-middle school student SeMarion Humphrey — and her lawyer, Kim T. Cole, accused Humphrey’s white classmate, Asher Vann, and his friends of shooting Humphrey with BB guns and forcing him to drink urine during a sleepover at Vann’s house in Plano, Texas, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

The accusations gained national attention after a Black Lives Matter group joined the fray, falsely characterizing the incident as a “racially motivated hate crime.”

“Major media outlets, including NBC, CBS, CNN, Business Insider, People magazine, the Daily Mail, and the Dallas Morning News, pounced on the story as Humphrey, his mother Summer Smith, and their attorney Kim Cole, embarked on a media tour where they called Vann ‘evil,'” the Free Beacon reported.

“The trio appeared on ‘Good Morning America,’ where ABC host Linsey Davis promoted a GoFundMe account that raised nearly $120,000 to help pay for Humphrey’s ‘therapy and private schooling.'”

As a result of the sham allegations, Vann — an eighth-grader when the incident erupted — said he received countless death threats, and multiple violent protests erupted outside his home, the outlet reported.

“I was getting death threats from thousands of people on social media,” Vann told the Free Beacon. “People leaked my address and my name. During one of the protests, they walked all the way to my house and threw bricks through my house.”

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: ashervann; blackhoax; kimtcole; semarionhumphrey; summersmith
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Hoax cooked up to get GoFundMe donations.
1 posted on 02/06/2026 10:44:24 AM PST by DFG
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It’s about time they started going after the lawyers.


2 posted on 02/06/2026 10:46:20 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DFG

““Major media outlets, including NBC, CBS, CNN, Business Insider, People magazine, the Daily Mail, and the Dallas Morning News, pounced on the story”
Will any of thee entities apologize? Time for a class action suit.


3 posted on 02/06/2026 10:48:04 AM PST by Fungi
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To: DFG

$3.2MM is not enough. They should go after that law license.


4 posted on 02/06/2026 10:48:31 AM PST by jimfree (My 23 y/o granddaughter has more quality exec experience than most Dem pres candidates.)
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To: DFG

So ... they owe reparations?


5 posted on 02/06/2026 10:50:00 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Law and Order -- only one of our political parties believes in it.)
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To: DFG

This is inappropriate.

Teh amount is WAAAAY too low.


6 posted on 02/06/2026 10:50:44 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: DFG

LOL. Good luck to “white youth” getting $3.2 million out of “black mom.”


7 posted on 02/06/2026 10:53:50 AM PST by PGR88
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To: DFG

Good. Let their gofund me fund go to him.


8 posted on 02/06/2026 10:54:41 AM PST by Jonty30 (I always ask AI stupid questions to avoid the smart lists for elimination. I want to surprise it.)
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To: DFG

I was hoping to see that the lawyer hit with that big settlement was Ben Crump.


9 posted on 02/06/2026 10:56:59 AM PST by GMMC0987
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To: DFG

Excellent- unfortunately- gofundme will now raise more money for mother who committed the hater crime


10 posted on 02/06/2026 11:01:13 AM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: DFG

Speaking of hoaxes, where are the lawsuits against Russia collusion hoaxers?


11 posted on 02/06/2026 11:01:33 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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The punishment for a false accusation must be what the innocent party would have gotten, plus punitive damages.


12 posted on 02/06/2026 11:07:19 AM PST by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT! Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. )
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Speaking of hoaxes, where are the lawsuits against Russia collusion hoaxers?

Comer is still working on it. More "investigations" to follow.

13 posted on 02/06/2026 11:21:06 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: DFG

If one plays with fake better know the price that comes with it when you suck at it.

Media turns lights out not answering the phone.


14 posted on 02/06/2026 11:30:51 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: DFG

I don’t have a lot of sympathy for Asher or his parents. They should have had more sense than to invite as SeMarion for a sleep over. At least he didn’t invite a Karmelo.


15 posted on 02/06/2026 11:32:03 AM PST by PAR35
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“Major media outlets, including NBC, CBS, CNN,”

Will these be included in a future suit ala Nick Sandman?


16 posted on 02/06/2026 11:35:04 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: PAR35

Yeah, could have been worse, huh.


17 posted on 02/06/2026 11:40:57 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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I hope the lawyer was disbarred.

And, every alphabet network that reported this false story slandering and defaming that young man should be sued - just as pro-life, young Nick Sandman did:

“Nick Sandmann, a Catholic high school student, sued major media networks for false reporting.

Major news outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, and NBC Universal, published reports that falsely portrayed Sandmann and the students as aggressive and racist. In response, Sandmann and his family filed an $800 million lawsuit for defamation. CNN later settled the lawsuit, acknowledging the harm caused by its reckless and false reporting...NBC, and The Washington Post settled with Sandmann for undisclosed amounts, avoiding lengthy trials.”


18 posted on 02/06/2026 11:42:19 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Bon of Babble

White people need our version of the Anti Defamation League—an army of junkyard dog attorneys waiting to sue any media outlet that slanders any one of us.


19 posted on 02/06/2026 11:46:42 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: DFG

Virtue Signaling:

Connor Williams Surprises Fellow Bullied Child
Mar 23, 2021 at 11:30 AM
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https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/connor-williams-surprises-fellow-bullied-child


20 posted on 02/06/2026 11:47:16 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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