A Texas judge awarded a white college student $3.2 million in attorney's fees and damages after years of false allegations that he bullied his black friend and forced him to drink urine, according to reporting by The College Fix.
Judge Benjamin Smith recently released his decision stemming from a civil trial between Asher Vann and Summer Smith, the mother of Vann's friend SeMarion Humphrey. Vann also won damages from Kim Cole, the attorney who represented Smith.
The ruling concludes a five-year saga that began when Humphrey accused Vann and his friends of shooting him with a BB gun and forcing him to drink urine during middle school in 2021. Vann now attends college, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Black Lives Matter and NAACP organizations seized on the story while mainstream outlets rapidly amplified the allegations. However, the narrative collapsed as school officials and law enforcement investigated the situation.
"Plano Police Department officer Patricia McClure testified during a July 2025 deposition that she didn't believe there was probable cause to bring the charges, which she only brought out of an abundance of caution amid the media firestorm," the Free Beacon reported. The school's black assistant principal confirmed this finding.
Investigation revealed the white students did not gang up on Humphrey to shoot him. The group dressed for a winter storm to hunt frogs but found none. Humphrey asked to be shot by his friends. "Then we all switched and took turns shooting each other," Vann told the Free Beacon. "Everyone got shot and everyone shot someone."
The urine drinking allegation also proved misleading. After voluntarily shooting each other, the group returned to Vann's house and decided whoever fell asleep first would get pranked.
"This one kid, he did a prank before where he pissed in a cup and gave it to his little brother," Vann said. "I woke SeMarion up, handed him the cup. He put it up to his nose, but he didn't drink it."
Smith plans to appeal the judgment while maintaining Vann is "evil." She reportedly spent more than $100,000 raised through GoFundMe on herself, including designer dogs, dining, travel, beauty products, liquor, vapes, cell phones, car payments, and rent.
Cole, who helped Smith conduct a national media tour, declined further comment. The jury finding Cole and Smith liable included four black members.
This case demonstrates why America needs leadership committed to equal justice under law rather than selective prosecution driven by racial narratives. Governments at every level must reject discriminatory policies and media pressure campaigns that weaponize race allegations against innocent citizens.
Only by restoring genuine equality before the law can America move beyond the divisive identity politics that nearly destroyed this young man's future.
