Bully $lap-back Suit vs.

push kid and posh prep school By DAREH GREGORIAN Last Updated: 2:48 AM, March 23, 2012 Posted: 1:14 AM, March 23, 2012 Share on emailShare on facebook More Sharing ServicesMore Print A Manhattan tee n says his life at a posh Upper West Side prep school was turned into a nightmar e by a cruel bully and now hes suing both the school and his alleged former torme nter for $1.5 million. Eric Giray, now 19, claims classmate Daniel Dworakowski bullied him relentlessly at the elite Calhoun School and pushed him down the bleachers in 2004, when the y were both 12, according to a filing in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday. The fall left him with serious bodily injuries, including a broken nose as well as emotional and physical distress, the suit says. BOY, OH, BOY: Then-12-year-old Eric Giray (above), banged up from a tumble down bleachers after an alleged shove, is suing for $1.5 million over the alleged bul lying by old classmate Daniel Dworakowski at the private Calhoun School in Manha ttan seven years ago. AP Daniel Dworakowski To this day, he doesnt sleep well and has problems with anxiety, said his lawyer, R ic Cherwin. The suit charges the school with negligence, failure to protect students and a fail ure to mandate anti-bully rules and regulations. Calhoun was advised on several occasions by plaintiffs mother of repeated bullying of her son and took no action, the papers say. There were a series of incidents with [Dworakowski], who was part of a group of k ids who were bulliers and were bullying several kids, Cherwin said, adding that D worakowski would taunt and threaten Giray. The bullying was so bad that the ace student started saying he didnt want to go to school because he was afraid, Cherwin said. Girays mom, Ayse, said she reached ou t to Daniels mother, but the peeved parent blew her off and complained to the sch ool about having been contacted. Girays mom twice sent e-mails to the principal and was told, Well take care of it. Dont worry, Cherwin said. The incessant teasing, however, didnt stop and culminated in Giray being pushed do wn the bleachers by defendant, the suit says. Girays mother claimed Dworakowski wa snt disciplined because the school considered the fall the result of horseplay. Giray eventually transferred to a public school to get away from the bullying, t he lawyer said. He now attends Brandeis University. When reached for comment, Dworakowski said he felt blindsided by the frivolous suit and insisted hes no bully. It was all innocent kid stuff, he said, adding that he and Giray had been really go

od friends but Giray was incredibly sensitive. Dworakowski said the bleacher incident happened during an organized game of tag when he accidentally crashed into Giray. The gym teacher deemed it an accident, he said, adding that he apologized and boug ht Giray a video game to show how sorry he was. He said it was all right, Dworakow ski said. Dworakowski also left the school, going to Bronx Science HS, where he was named The Posts All-City volleyball player of the year in 2010. He is now a sophomore a t Cornell. Calhoun declined comment yesterday. Additional reporting by Gillian Kleiman dareh.gregorian@nypost.com

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