In the end, Kugnus came up short and a Yorkville East debater walked away with the division’s top award. As the Bergen Record first reported, the 14-year-old boy’s parents are now suing the school for slander. He allegedly told them Yorkville East had “the exact same overviews, blocks and arguments” from Kugnus’s practice rounds, and the fact that V.Y. had surreptitiously joined a rival debate team. 's parents fervently deny the idea that their eighth-grader was some kind of debate team double agent, hellbent on undermining Kugnus ACTS Academy’s success.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 10:16 UTC