Posted on 06/22/2022 11:42:25 PM PDT by Morgana
A Connecticut boy accused of bullying his six-year-old neighbor burst into tears as he denied dousing a ball in gasoline and throwing it at the alleged victim.
Stefano Giacobbe claimed Dominick Krankall trod on a flaming cup that exploded on him despite their pleas to leave it alone in the yard in Bridgeport.
The eight-year-old said he was 'saddened' by the shocking incident and was devastated his group of friends had now shunned him following a mass uproar.
Meanwhile Krankall's mother Maria Rua doubled down her claim Stefano had been bullying her boy and smacked him with the burning ball.
She also revealed she moved her family out of the house that was she renting from Giacobbe immediately after the horrifying ordeal and moved to a hotel. After she received vile death threats and public backlash at the hotel she was forced to relocate her family to a relatives house as she feared for her family's safety.
It comes as she defended her decision to use cash - raised through a Go Fund Me page that made nearly $600,000 - to buy a new home for her son with a larger backyard.
Rua said they were closing in on the sale next week but added anyone who wanted their money back would be fully refunded.
The fallout started on April 24 when Stefano was accused of setting light to a ball and putting it in Dominick's face which set him on fire.
The boy suffered second and third-degree burns and spent weeks in hospital but has been making a quick recovery.
Originally it appeared the youngster had been set on fire by the tennis ball but surveillance footage later emerged that seemed to contradict this.
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That’s Bridgeport, in 1900 one of the wealthiest city’s in the USA, now a third world demorat shithole.
The other mother should sue her. What a 💩 thing to do to a kid. I’d never hit a woman, but a lady like that I wouldn’t hesitate to sick my wife on her, if it was my kid.
It worked. Sympathy got them half-a-million dollars. I don’t think the narrative of the kid being stupid and burning himself would have helped to raise nearly that much. But as a victim of bullying it is a much easier sell. Either way, the kid does need help. But it should not be at the expense of another child being falsely accused of doing this intentionally.
I recently read that they were playing with matches and gasoline and it got out of hand. Anything to get sympathy and lots of money for nothing.
I guess you've never been a 6 or 8 year old.
I thought the video debunked the claim.
It did. This is the kid who was suppose to have been the bully. The mom is saying they have been attacked night and day since the accident.
I was, and I did a lot of crazy and dangerous things. That said, I was a latch-key kid and probably generally had a lot less supervision than many kids. I am also a father, and I would hope all of us would try our best to avoid this kind of scenario. I'm not pointing fingers.
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