Q: My 14 yr (M) son charged with a "gang assault" felony re: school fight. The plaintiff (victim) was real perpetrator.
My son and his friends will be put on probation, and were suspended from school. The "victim" is lying, he started the fight and the boys were trying to stop it. The "victim" and his parents filed assault charges and took out restraining orders on all the boys. We have had to hire expensive lawyers and defend our sons. But the victim and his parents are unscathed reputationally and with no legal consequence. What should we do to make sure this kid and his parents are held responsible for their actions?
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