COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — A Collin County jury has ordered a mother and her attorney, who accused a group of middle schoolers of racially-motivated bullying, to pay $3.2 million to one of the teenagers involved.
The jury found Summer Smith and attorney Kim Cole intentionally inflicted emotional distress and publicized the private information of Asher Vann, now 19, whom they accused of forcing Smith’s son to drink a cup of urine at a birthday sleepover in Plano in February 2021.
A Snapchat video of the incident sparked headlines and outrage nationwide — and led more than $100,000 to be donated to a GoFundMe page Cole created to benefit Smith and her son…