A second lawsuit this year has been filed against a North Texas childcare center with parents accusing the center of trying to cover up incidents of mistreatment and inappropriate discipline toward their son and other children.
Parents Alexus Benavidez and Rauf Scott of Collin County filed a complaint this month against Kids ‘R’ Kids of Lawler Farm in Frisco, alleging their 3-year-old son was the victim of excessive physical force that included yanking, spanking and smacking the toddler. The boy is referred to as A.S. in the complaint.
The parents of A.S. allege the facility’s owners — Vijaykumar Selvaraj Elango and his wife, Vithya — attempted to cover up incidents of mistreatment from caregivers by deleting video footage that shows the 3-year-old being yanked by his arms and shoved into a chair at a table. This caused the boy to strike and cut his leg, and he is seen limping to get a paper towel for his bleeding leg while a caregiver ignores him, the lawsuit states…