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VIDEO: Day care sued for alleged 'toddler fight club'

theblaze.com · 4h · first reportShare

A day-care business is facing a million-dollar lawsuit after surveillance allegedly caught an employee running a toddler fight club. Heather and Richard Harris filed the lawsuit in Tarrant County District Court against Arka Risinger Educators LLC in Fort Worth, Texas. 'Their trust was violated when the safe environment they were promised turned into a child fight club.' The Harrises allege that a substitute teacher had children assault their 4-year-old child after other teachers had left at the end of the day in April 2026. The child's mother noticed that he was crying uncontrollably and had injuries when she picked him up from the day care. The staff told her he had gotten into a fight, but the mother demanded to see the video of the incident. The lawsuit said the child suffered bruising and scratches to his arms and post-traumatic headaches. He also suffers from lasting emotional anxiety. A state investigation by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Child-Care Licensing D