Staten Island Teen Commits Suicide Because of Alleged Bullying By Players on Undefeated Football Team

“I hope the football team feels guilty for what they did to her,” said Stephanie Imparato, 15, who said she was friends with Felicia.

Several students said Garcia, a normally outgoing teen, was teased over a relationship she had earlier in the year with one of the football players.

“They were torturing her,” Imparato said. “How can you go through life being verbally assaulted like that? These guys are cruel and malicious.”

A senior who knew her, 17-year-old Victoria, who asked her last name not be used, said the bullying happened in hallways and online.

“This poor girl was called a sl–. She was teased on Facebook. People knock books out of kids hands,” she said.

They said some of the players were on the platform with her yesterday afternoon and taunting her with sexually explicit jeers when she suddenly jumped.

Horrible. The football team is currently 7-0 and possibly headed towards a Public Schools Athletic League title. The team has a game scheduled tomorrow night.

[New York Post]