Shawna explains: “They were kind of joking around about it and they said, ‘But could it kill you if it touched you?’ And he says, ‘Yeah, it absolutely could.’ If it got in his nose, eyes, or mouth, that’s where it would go into anaphylactic shock. And so he told them, ‘Yes, it could absolutely kill me.’
“Then, the next day before the game, they went in and they had put peanuts in his locker, on his jersey, and in his cleats.
“It was a can of peanuts that they just kind of scattered throughout his locker and put in his cleats.”
Mannon’s reaction was fast and extreme, with hives beginning to develop on his arm.
The incident was reported, and the boys involved were benched for two days, forced to switch locker rooms and do extra runs at practice.
However, Shawna claims Mannon faced backlash over this.
She alleges: “The kid would flick him as he’s walking down the hall from behind. There was a lot of verbal retaliation… There was one point where someone in the locker room put a peanut butter granola bar in his backpack.”
Shawna went to the school board to report the alleged incident, however, it didn’t qualify as bullying.
A Lake Travis Independent School District representative tells People: “Under the Texas Education Code, bullying is a very specific behavior, and is defined as an act or pattern of acts that physically harms a student or materially and substantially disrupts the educational process. Upon concluding our investigation, it was determined that the legal elements of bullying were not met. ”
Carter has since switched schools over the treatment, with Shawna stating she felt it was ‘no longer a safe place for him.’