Family Who Filed Bleachers Lawsuit Has Received Death Threats

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A family who filed a lawsuit against District 155 surrounding the massive bleachers at Crystal Lake South has endured death threats, had their mailbox vandalized numerous times and has dealt with students shouting obscenities and threats at them while atop the bleachers during games, the Northwest Herald reports.

The $1.2 million bleachers at Crystal Lake South have towered over a nearby subdivision and angered neighbors since 2013 -- the same year the lawsuit was filed. The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the city regarding the bleachers, which violated city zoning laws, and said they should not have been built without the city’s approval.

On the Saturday before the Supreme Court ruling, Kim Maselbas-Gurbas told the Northwest Herald that a car drove past their home and someone shouted, “Tear down our bleachers? We’re going to kill all of you.” The Gurbas have had their mailbox smashed multiple times and burned once and a student has threatened on social media to burn down their home and damage their cars.

The past two years have also been hard on the Gurbas’ two daughters. Their youngest daughter, Megan, is a junior at Crystal Lake South High School and gets shoved in the hallways and harassed by students who say her parents are “money hungry,” according to the article. Their oldest daughter graduated last year.

You can read the full story on the Northwest Herald.

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• Illinois Supreme Court Sides With City on Case of Massive Bleachers
• Local Residents Sound Off on Crystal Lake South Bleachers Following Supreme Court Decision
• Illinois Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Crystal Lake South Bleacher Case
• Crystal Lake South Bleacher Issue Marches On; D155 Aims for High Court Ruling