School Librarian Files Defamation Lawsuit Over Parents’ Comments Objecting to Sexually Graphic Books
A New Jersey librarian has filed a defamation lawsuit against a group of parents over comments they made about her for including in the school library sexually explicit books so graphic that most media outlets will not run images or content from them.
In her complaint, Roxbury High School librarian Roxanne Russo Caivano alleges that the parents stated at both public hearings and on a community Facebook page that she has “engaged in luring children with sexually explicit materials,” called her a “child predator,” and accused her of exposing minors to “pornographic material.”
Caivano also repeatedly said in a TV interview that the parents called her a “pornographer,” although the lawsuit does not allege that they directly called her that….