{"id":2565881,"date":"2026-02-06T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-mom-attorney-ordered-to-pay-3-2-million-to-white-student-whose-life-they-tried-to-ruin-with-fake-hate-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:26:39","slug":"black-mom-attorney-ordered-to-pay-3-2-million-to-white-student-whose-life-they-tried-to-ruin-with-fake-hate-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-mom-attorney-ordered-to-pay-3-2-million-to-white-student-whose-life-they-tried-to-ruin-with-fake-hate-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mom, Attorney Ordered to Pay $3.2 Million to White Student Whose Life They Tried to Ruin with Fake Hate Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-mom-attorney-ordered-to-pay-3-2-million-to-white-student-whose-life-they-tried-to-ruin-with-fake-hate-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2565881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Texas jury found that a white eighth-grader was the victim of a hoax in a 2021 sleepover incident that had been framed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-nominee-worked-with-blm-to-push-false-claim-that-white-man-murdered-7-year-old-black-girl\/\" title=\"ICE Nominee Worked With BLM to Push False Claim That White Man Murdered 7-Year-Old Black Girl\">racially motivated hate crime<\/a>. Summer smith, the mother of the student SeMarion Humphrey, and her attorney Kim T.Cole alleged that Humphrey\u2019s Black classmate, Asher Vann, and friends forced him to drink urine and shoot him with BB guns, a narrative that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drew national media attention<\/a> and support from some Black Lives Matter advocates. The boy who was accused endured death threats and protests,while trial testimony from a Plano police officer and others indicated no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-female-muslim-student-claimed-she-was-attacked-in-a-public-place-video-footage-shows-no-assault\/\" title=\"A Female Muslim Student Claimed She Was Attacked In A Public Place. Video Footage Shows No Assault.\">hate crime occurred<\/a>. In October 2025, a jury ruled that the allegations were fabricated to boost the accuser\u2019s public profile and GoFundMe fundraising, and a judge later ordered $3.2 million in damages, noting that most of the nearly $120,000 raised was spent on luxuries rather than the student\u2019s schooling. The piece frames the case within a broader pattern of fake hate crimes and media sensationalism, arguing that such hoaxes contribute to social unrest and the demonization of white people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A white youth who was falsely accused of committing a hate crime against his black classmate has been awarded $3.2 million after a Texas jury determined the incident was a hoax fabricated by the classmate&rsquo;s money-grubbing mother and her race-hustling attorney.<\/p>\n<p>The scam unfolded in 2021, when Summer Smith &mdash; the mother of then-middle school student SeMarion Humphrey &mdash; and her lawyer, Kim T. Cole, accused Humphrey&rsquo;s white classmate, Asher Vann, and his friends of shooting Humphrey with BB guns and forcing him to drink urine during a sleepover at Vann&rsquo;s house in Plano, Texas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/mainstream-media-breathlessly-covered-an-alleged-hate-crime-in-which-white-kids-forced-a-black-classmate-to-drink-urine-it-was-a-giant-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The accusations gained national attention after a Black Lives Matter group joined the fray, falsely characterizing the incident as a &ldquo;racially motivated hate crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Major media outlets, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/black-middle-school-student-forced-drink-urine-bullying-incident-mother-n1259737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/bullied-plano-teen-turns-trauma-into-a-positive-creates-nonprofit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/10\/us\/texas-racism-bullying-sleepover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/police-investigating-black-middle-school-student-bullied-at-sleepover-2021-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/authorities-investigate-claim-that-black-boy-13-was-called-slurs-and-shot-with-bb-gun-at-sleepover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/news\/video-2369852\/Video-Outraged-mother-calls-justice-son-forced-drink-urine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/education\/2021\/03\/04\/plano-school-officials-police-investigating-viral-claims-of-racist-bullying-and-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>, pounced on the story as Humphrey, his mother Summer Smith, and their attorney Kim Cole, embarked on a media tour where they called Vann &lsquo;evil,&#8217;&rdquo; the Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The trio appeared on &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/amp\/video\/76333168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Morning America<\/a>,&rsquo; where ABC host Linsey Davis promoted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/Justice4SeMarion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe account<\/a> that raised nearly $120,000 to help pay for Humphrey&rsquo;s &lsquo;therapy and private schooling.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As a result of the sham allegations, Vann &mdash; an eighth-grader when the incident erupted &mdash; said he received countless death threats, and multiple violent protests erupted outside his home, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was getting death threats from thousands of people on social media,&rdquo; Vann told the Free Beacon. &ldquo;People leaked my address and my name. During one of the protests, they walked all the way to my house and threw bricks through my house.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vann, who&rsquo;s now a college freshman, said he was traumatized by the vicious character assassination and the violent threats leveled against him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was scary,&rdquo; Vann said. &ldquo;These were adults, and I was in middle school at the time. Full-grown adults were rushing my house and causing harm to it. What if I was home and they saw me? They could have ripped me from my home and beaten me. It was very scary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Black mother ruined life of white boy by lying that he was racist bully who forced her son to drink urine, netting family $120k on GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UswA2hv1V4\">https:\/\/t.co\/UswA2hv1V4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Mail (@DailyMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMail\/status\/2019098529885511803?\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, a jury concluded Smith and Cole &ldquo;cooked up the scheme to raise their public profiles during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement and to rake in money through GoFundMe,&rdquo; the Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Court records show that Smith put less than $1,000 of the nearly $120,000 GoFundMe windfall toward her son&rsquo;s schooling,&rdquo; the Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Account statements reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show the remaining funds were spent on luxuries, including a designer dog, dining and travel, beauty products, liquor, vapes, cell phones, car payments, and rent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A judge issued the $3.2 million order for damages on Jan. 22, according to the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, the racially diverse jury had four black members.<\/p>\n<p>At trial, Plano Police officer Patricia McClure testified that no hate crime occurred during the week-long winter sleepover involving a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-bidens-title-ix-changes-wisconsins-sexual-harassment-circus-over-trans-pronouns-would-ensnare-students-in-every-state\/\" title=\"Under Biden\u2019s Title IX Changes, Wisconsin\u2019s \u2018Sexual Harassment\u2019 Circus Over Trans Pronouns Would Ensnare Students In Every State\">eighth-grade boys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McClure said the boys initially wanted to hunt frogs using BB guns, but there were no frogs.<\/p>\n<p>So they decided to play paintball outside in bulky winter clothing following a huge snowstorm.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We said, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s test out the gear we brought,&rsquo;&rdquo; Vann testified at trial, according to the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;SeMarion was like, &lsquo;OK, shoot me. Test the mask.&rsquo; Then we all switched and took turns shooting each other [with airsoft rifles]. Everyone got shot and everyone shot someone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vann also testified that Humphrey was never forced to drink urine at the sleepover, and never drank any.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This one kid, he did a prank before where he pissed in a cup and gave it to his little brother,&rdquo; Vann testified. &ldquo;I woke SeMarion up, handed him the cup. He put it up to his nose, but he didn&rsquo;t drink it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vann continued: &ldquo;He put it up to his mouth, willingly and on his own accord, and gave it back because he knew it wasn&rsquo;t water. Nothing was forced. Everything his mom claimed happened was portrayed in the wrong light.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the public is well aware that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/02\/21\/the-list-of-bogus-hate-crimes-in-trump-era-is-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bogus &ldquo;hate crimes&rdquo;<\/a> are a dime a dozen.<\/p>\n<p>While famous race hoaxes like the one involving disgraced actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigerian-brothers-helped-jussie-smollett-stage-hoax-call-star-big-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jussie Smollett<\/a> come to mind, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-worst-hate-crime-hoaxes-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">countless others<\/a> involving non-celebrities that the race-baiting establishment media sweep under the rug.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every single one of these &ldquo;hate crimes&rdquo; for the past like 20 years has been fake. Just an incredible streak of bullshit. You&rsquo;d think just by blind chance you&rsquo;d at least have one or two real ones sprinkled in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R2njErqRgZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/R2njErqRgZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1869836393708720165?\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All of this has metastasized due to the nonstop race-hustling of Democrats and their liberal media puppets.<\/p>\n<p>Constantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-ibm-training-reveals-unhealthy-obsession-demonizing-white-people-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonizing white people<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/implicit-bias-is-nothing-but-divisive-junk-science\/\" title=\"\u2018Implicit Bias\u2019 Is Nothing But Divisive Junk Science\">infantilizing black people<\/a> is a recipe for more fake hate crimes and further social unrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Free Beacon, Smith said she plans to appeal the case and &ldquo;insisted she told the truth about what happened to her son.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The 2021 incident involved a Black classmate and his friends allegedly shooting BB guns at the boy and forcing him to drink urine during a sleepover in Plano, Texas. The story drew national attention from Black Lives Matter supporters and big media outlets, and the boy\u2019s mother and her lawyer promoted it on television and through a GoFundMe that raised about $120,000 for \u201ctherapy and private schooling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, a jury concluded that Summer Smith and attorney Kim T. Cole had \u201ccooked up\u201d the scheme to boost their public profiles during the Black Lives Matter movement and to profit from GoFundMe. Court records suggested most of the GoFundMe money went to luxuries rather than the boy\u2019s education. A judge ordered $3.2 million in damages on January 22. The panel included four Black jurors. Police testimony at trial stated that no hate crime occurred during the sleepover; the activities described were misrepresented, and the urine-drinking claim was not true.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has said she plans to appeal and maintained she told the truth about what happened to her son. The coverage and commentary surrounding the case reflected broader claims about \u201chate crime\u201d hoaxes and media amplification. 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