Then and now: the Star Wars kid

Thursday, June 3, 2010


After Lawsuits and Therapy, Star Wars Kid is Back:
Ghyslain Raza – or to the internet, Star Wars Kid – didn’t feel famous, or funny. He felt harassed, the victim of the most visible bullying in history. Ghyslain dropped out of his Quebec high school, was diagnosed with depression, and checked into a psychiatric ward for children.

Ghyslain and his parents would later sue the families of the three classmates who leaked the video in 2003, for around $250,000. According to the lawsuit, which resulted in a settlement, "Ghyslain had to endure, and still endures today, harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large."

But after eight years of laughs at his expense – and a few campaigns in his defense – Ghyslain is back. Now in his early 20s, he’s reemerged as the president of the Patrimoine Trois-Rivières, a conservation society that aims to preserve the cultural heritage of his hometown of Trois-Rivières.

Revenge of the Sith this isn’t, but he’s putting his litigious experience to some use, getting his law degree at McGill University in Montreal.
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1 comentarii:

Anonymous said...

Seriously this dude could have just rolled with it. I mean, yeah, people would make fun of you at that high school, but why not be like Tay Zonday or Numa Numa guy and shrug it off and be a mini-celebrity?

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