A 14-year-old high school student’s football dreams came to an end when his coach smashed his head into a wall, his anguished mom claims in new court documents.Shayson Willock from Brooklyn, New York, was allegedly beaten so badly by coach Nicholas Nugent in a James Madison High School stairwell last September that he lost consciousness and needed six staples in his skull, according to a criminal complaint and civil lawsuit. 
I dont know who to trust, his mother Deslyn Willock said, questioning school administrators who she felt swept the incident under the rug and left it up to her to report the attack to the NYPD. I dont know if I can trust the teachers, said Willock, who filed a $2.5 million lawsuit Monday against Nugent, the city and the Department of Education.I dont know if I can trust the coaches. I dont even know if I can trust the justice system. I dont know who to trust at this point, because I felt like everyone failed me. Everyone failed my son.Nugent was arrested days after the Sept. 18, 2023, incident when he allegedly flew into a rage after the child slept off during a team video review. The coach was charged with multiple counts of felony assault, endangering the welfare of a child, harassment and menacing, according to the criminal complaint against him.He has been released on supervised release although the Department of Education wouldnt say if he was still employed by the school district.Contacted by phone this week by the NY times, the coach (pictured below) said he couldnt speak about the case. 
Im shocked by the phone call to find out its a news thing, but hey, it is what it is. Its all good, Nugent said. Thats why were going to trial, because Im all about defending my freedom. Im all about defending my rights. The safety of our students is our number one priority, DOE spokesperson Jenna Lyle said. We will review the lawsuit.The lawsuit claims that Shayson was getting over a rough bout of COVID and was having trouble staying awake during the after-school video review in a classroom when Nugent kicked the kid out and followed him into the hallway.Nugent then allegedly slammed Shayson into the wall multiple times and pushed him into a metal pole before the teenager ran back into the classroom with blood gushing from his head and Nugent in pursuit.The high schooler said thats when he passed out.He was trying to tell them that he needed to go to the bathroom so I could wipe off the blood, Shayson said. When Shaysons mom got the call that her son was bleeding from his head, she said, administrators told her that her son fell back during the argument even as she could hear her son screaming, He hurt me, he hurt me.Willock claims she arrived before any ambulance did, despite coming from Queens and with an emergency room less than 500 feet away.I saw my son just lying there, bleeding from his head, she said.Shayson got six staples on his head, was concussed and hasnt played football since, he and his mother said. Later MRIs suggest there could be a brain contusion and damage to his spine, said Willocks lawyer, Richard Kenny.He has a compromised cervical region with multiple herniations, Kenny said, which is wholly abnormal for anyone remotely close to his young age. Willock said she had to take leave from work to care for Shayson, who was out of school for a month and spent nights writhing in pain. Shayson has switched school, but he said he cant imagine playing sports again even if his doctor were to give him the green light.I just didnt like football anymore, Shayson said, adding he stopped playing because I didnt know if it was gonna happen again.When the situation had just happened, he would tell me that he felt like he doesnt have a life anymore, Willock said. He feels like everything was taken away from him.As a mother, she said, I would love for him to play football one day again. The post Football coach accused of sm@shing 14 year old students head into wall so many timeshis skull had to be stitched appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
