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Bernard Bey, 32, of Brooklyn
A 32-year-old Brooklyn man is suing his parents, claiming he wasn't loved enough by them and that their neglect has caused him to be homeless and jobless.
Bernard Bey filed a self-written lawsuit in Brooklyn court earlier this month, accusing his parents of causing him mental anguish and for making him feel "unloved and beaten by the world."
"If you have kids, you're expected to love your children," Bey told NBC 4 New York. "You want the best for your children."
Bey claimed he was physically and emotionally abused and ran away from home when he was 12, and then was in and out of the shelter system after turning 16.
He's spent time in jail and is now homeless, and he believes his parents are at the root of his problems.
Bey is asking the court for more than $200,000 in damages. He wants his parents to mortgage their family home and purchase two franchises like Domino's Pizza.
"I feel like my parents should want the best for their children and grandchildren so we have something to pass down for generations so we don't have to live like this," he said.
Bey's parents, who live in public housing, said they're not in a position to give up any money. His stepfather named in the suit, Bernard Manley, had some choice unprintable words and maintained Bey is not his biological son.
Bey said he is willing to drop the lawsuit if his family will simply sit down at the dinner table with him.
"Let's work together, and definitely, I'll drop the suit," he said.
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I'm sure this guy had a messed up childhood...and I'm sure his parents deserve what they have coming. But we've got to stop litigating every little thing that happens. Personal accopuntability seems to be nowhere to be found nowadays.
I don't even know this loser, and I hate him already. Imagine how his parents must have felt, trying to raise such a complete and utter self-centered jackwagon nitwit. Hopefully, it will get really, really cold again, and he can freeze to the sidewalk so he can't make it to court. Any court that allows this idiocy to proceed should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, which this turd is not a member of anyway.
Greesh: I want to sue for having to many brothers and sister ,I had to share with twelve others. LOL
This is the type of mentally ill person who should be banned from owning guns. If he is crazy enough to file a "self-written" lawsuit like this, then he is crazy enough to use a gun against those he imagines have wronged him.
Shoot him...............now.
Very interesting, but it won't work.
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Poor guy, I hope he can find peace.
This is what our society is coming to? Okay so he had a bad childhood. A lot of kids have bad childhoods and grow up to be something or someone. What has happened to working for something. Everyone lately seems to think that things should be just given to them. That is not the case!!! Nothing is a given. Life is hard and you as a person have to work to overcome those obsticles. At least that is what I was always taught and how I taught my kids. When are people going to wake up and relize that nothing is free. I mean really, this country is sue happy. Anything bad happens well we'll just sue the person or the company. Grow up! You want something to change then you change it. Work for it and make it happen. So tired of the gimmie society.
Lawyers will do anything for a buck!
The man is homeless. He cant pay a lawyer. The parents are in public housing. They cant pay a lawyer. Must be taking it 'pro bono'?
Any Judge and the lawyer who takes this case should be disbarred IMMEDIATELY!!! If for nothing else, for STUPIDITY!!!
O, @!$%# you @!$%#.....Oprah Winfrey was raped when she was a child....@!$%#ing mental case needs to be shot! Can you just imagine the lawsuits and courts if they passed a law like this?? Holy Crap!
It was a cold and lonely night.
He cried out, "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"I can't. I really can't! It is all just too much ...and I can't do it!
Will you do it for me? You should! It's your responsibility. It's your fault I can't.
And if you don't do it for me - I will sue you!"
All this because he can't afford to have his favorite pizza?
All I can say is LMAO!
Someone's got to take responsibility for my problems...... beside myself.
I'm entitled to be supported.
How sad. Hope he finds where true and perfect, forever love comes from, and doesn't look for it from fallible human beings. and that he comes to his senses to drop the lawsuit. You can't sue someone to love you and money does not equal love. Poor guy.
This would be Obama's son if he had a son...
O. K. But I have 2 of him.
I remember a lawsuit decades ago where a 28-year-old male was suing his parents because he didn't like the way he was raised. He went back to talking about he didn't get a baseball mit when he was a child and to cut it short for this blog said his parents failed to send him to Harvard and because of that he wasn't a president of some Fortune 500 company at his advanced age now of 28. Some attorney took this case. You can bet though he was charging big time by the hour for representation. Still.......
And then, of course, there's the story of the sodomite's son, who sued his father because of the way he had been "reared". Now that case had some merit!
This POS belongs in an institution. I was raised in my grandmother's house and she hated the sight of me. Yes, it's been a problem, but I went on to earn two degrees and made something of myself. I got counseling for self-esteem issues. I didn't sue anyone or whine and cry about my life as some do - I got on with my life, which has been fulfilling and rewarding. I had a close friend who never knew about my childhood, which is something I don't bring up, and who constantly brought up her childhood abuse. I never said anything and she never knew about my own childhood, but it was like she was beating a dead horse. Grow up and get over it! You can never move forward if you're stuck in the past.
How can his parents mortgage the family home when they are living in public housing?
Either there are some big financial shenanigans going on with them, or this guy is just koo-koo.
This guy is freakin' crazy!
If you succeed of fail in life it is not because you weren't loved enough it's because you have the guts to get your ass out and make it happen. Your parents kept your lazy ass around for 32 years it's your job to get your head out of you ass act like a man and work to make good things happen for you. If this proves to be to much I would suggest a length of rope and a stout tree branch.
Har Har har ho ho ho ho hee hee hee hee gufaw gufaw gufaw, ho ho ho heh heh heh heh. Halarious! Where is this guy playing next?
He is a man who has run out of ideas. The best revenge would be to have a good job, make money, and show your parents that live in public housing you don't care. He wants to sit down to dinner? Cut them loose and don't look back. The stepfather says not my kid and calls him names. If he grew up in a house where the mother chose the husband over the child then don't look back. Get a psychiatrist and move on.
What Really? Dude, you're thirty two years old, at some point mommy and daddy can't be blamed for your screw ups. Instead of reflecting bad on your parents, it kind of makes you look pathetic and very, very sad. GROW THE EFF UP!