The father of a 14-year-old Centennial boy beaten by a bully after school has decided not to sue, averting what had been expected to be Colorado’s first civil suit against a teen for a hate crime.
Heinz Ulm said the insurance company for the family of the boy who pummeled his son, Adrian, paid all the medical and legal bills, so he decided to let it go.
“Adrian moves on with his life and keeps going his way,” Heinz Ulm said in a statement.
Adrian Ulm was badly beaten by a classmate in the eighth grade at West Middle School in November, after he had called Adrian a “Nazi,” among other slurs, because of his German citizenship. The assailant was suspended and never returned to West.
The assailant did not face criminal charges because Adrian voluntarily took part in the fight.
Heinz Ulm started a nonprofit called .
