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Red-haired teen sues parents $2m for not preventing his birth

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8 years ago

March 30, 2016

Red-haired teen sues parents $2m for not preventing his birth

13-year-old red-haired teen Liam Murphy has filed a controversial lawsuit against his parents for not preventing his birth.

Liam says his red haired parents caused him “voluntary prejudice” by giving birth to him while having it at the back of their minds that there is a high probability of his hair being red and knowing that he would be born into a life of pain and suffering.

The red-haired teen has now filed a “Wrongful Life” lawsuit against his parents demanding an incredible amount of $1.35 million in “pain and suffering”, that is, monetary compensation for the entire experience of having a disabled life versus having a healthy mind and body, as well as $800 000 in “loss of enjoyment of life”.

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“My life is a torture!” the young boy told the press outside the courthouse. “I keep being told that I have no soul or that I am from an endangered species. People keep calling me Carrottop, Strawberry Shortcake or Ginger Freak, and all of that is my parents’ fault! They knew they were offering me a life of misery, and they selfishly decided to have children anyways.”

Liam Murphy’s lawyer, James Franklin O’connor, told reporters that his client’s claim is “incredibly conservative considering the situation”, and says he is confident about the upcoming trial.

“My client was intentionally exposed to a life of rejection and bullying by his parents,” said Mr O’Connor. “Many scientific studies have proven the social difficulties suffered by people with red hair, but this couple who had suffered from it themselves, consciously decided to expose their children to the same thing.”

A 2014 study from the University College Cork did showed that redheads are “more likely to be bullied” than others and concluded that “bullying of gingers” is “one of the last socially accepted forms of prejudice against people for a trait they were born with”.

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