A Texas jury just ordered the mother of a Black teen and their former attorney to pay $3.2 million to a white classmate, who was accused of racist bullying.

The verdict stems from the 2021 case in Plano, Texas, involving a sleepover where several white middle school boys mixed urine into apple juice and filmed SeMarion Humphrey, then 13, drinking out of the cup as they laughed. A Snapchat video of the incident went viral.

His mother, Summer Smith, called it a “racially motivated hate crime,” saying her son had also been shot with BB guns, slapped, and taunted with slurs by his then football teammates for over two years.

As the boy’s story went viral, Smith, her son, and their attorney shared their fight for justice across major news outlets, sparking outrage nationwide. Smith and her attorney, Kim Cole, set up a GoFundMe to help the family raise money for therapy and private school for the boy; nearly $120,000 was raised.

Local police and the school district investigated but brought no criminal charges and did not expel the boys.

In 2023, Aaron Vann — the father of  Asher Vann, the boy who was alleged to be the ringleader — filed a countersuit on behalf of his son. He claimed that Smith and Cole led “a fraudulent campaign to ruin these boys’ lives so they could raise money, and they didn’t care that they caused the boys to be subject to overwhelming and unwarranted public hatred, disdain, and ridicule,” Atlanta Black Star shared.

In court, Asher, now 19, admitted the prank was “immature” and “nasty” but insisted it was not about race and that everyone at the sleepover had been shooting each other with BB guns as part of a group game.

His lawsuit said Smith and Cole doxed the boys, revealing his personal information to the public, which subjected him to death threats and attacks.  

According to WFAA, Cole shared there was no evidence presented that she revealed Vann's private information or even his name, and she was "saddened" to hear about the harassment against Vann.

"I never wanted anyone to threaten anyone at the school or anything. I simply wanted them to be held accountable in the proper way," the mother said. "To me, the entire ruling runs afoul of anything decent or just."

Last fall, a racially diverse jury sided with Vann, finding Smith and Cole liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy and awarding him $3.2 million; a judge upheld the verdict in January.

"For him [Asher] to now try to rewrite history and act like this never occurred is ridiculous," she said. "I don't know what's going on in Collin County, but it's not justice."

Smith maintains she was defending her son from “vile” acts and says she still believes Vann “planned and willfully participated in causing a disabled child to drink urine.”

Vann, who says he struggles with anxiety after years of being branded a racist, told local media that even with the verdict, “there was no winner in the end.”