No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict, DA says
No charges will be filed in connection with the fight that happened the day before Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school student, died by suicide in Oklahoma, the district attorney investigating the case said Thursday.
No charges will be filed in connection with the fight that happened the day before Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school student, died by suicide in Oklahoma, the district attorney investigating the case said Thursday.
The fight in the high school bathroom appeared to be an "instance of mutual combat," Stephen Kunzweiler, Tulsa County's district attorney, said in a statement announcing his decision not to charge anyone.
Kunzweiler also noted that Owasso police officers discovered "some brief notes" that were written by Nex and "appeared to be related to the suicide."
"Although the notes do not make any reference to the earlier fight or difficulties at school, the parents indicated that Benedict reported being picked upon for various reasons while at school," Kunzweiler wrote in the release, adding that the contents of the notes would not be released.
Nex was transgender and used he and they pronouns.
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