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The senior year of high school is a huge milestone for kids. It marks the official end of many years of hard work, culminating in a ceremony to receive their diploma. For many seniors, a prank or skip day is part of the last year of high school fun. Though they may feel like a rite of passage, things can quickly turn into trouble if the kids don’t behave themselves. Megan and Brandon Spencer reportedly hosted a senior skip day party at their Arizona home for their son, Zane, and other members of the class of 2026.
They apparently wanted to be the cool parents and allegedly allowed the teens to drink and act a little crazy. One attendee, 18-year-old Blake Barnes, attempted a jump off the roof and into the pool. When he hit the water, he reportedly tore off part of his ear. Now his family wants the Spencers to pay.
Video from the Spencer’s home shows a rowdy-looking party.
Sure, kids will be kids, but when there’s alcohol involved, it can escalate very quickly. Video from the party at the Spencers’ Phoenix home, obtained by AZ Family, shows lots of teenagers gathered around the pool. Several kids stood on the home’s roof as Barnes flipped into the water. You can very clearly see him hit his head on the side of the pool; now his family is suing.
Court documents allege Megan and Brandon Spencer knew what was happening.
The Barnes family’s attorney, Brian Foster, shared the video with AZ Family along with some pretty serious allegations.
“My guy actually hit his head on the pool deck and sustained a concussion, tore his ear off. Fire and EMT personnel responded. He was unconscious, floating lifeless in the pool,” Foster said.
Foster added that 100 to 150 people attended the party and received written notification that allegedly encouraged them to “Bring your own alcohol.”
Barnes’ blood alcohol content was above the legal driving limit.
Foster said when his client arrived at the hospital, his BAC measured 0.114. He told AZ Family that it didn’t help that his client was legally intoxicated, but in his opinion, the Spencers are liable.
“The fact of the matter is the alcohol was provided at the host party at the home where he attended, and the owners of the home knew or should have known that their son was having this rager,” Foster answered.
The Barnes family wants the Spencers to cover all current and future medical expenses, damages for pain and suffering, and emotional distress.
If the Spencers truly allowed drinking at a party for high school students, they should 100% be held liable. But let’s play devil’s advocate for a second. If more than 100 kids showed up to that party, are we to believe that not one other adult knew about the booze? Where did they all get it from? Who else contributed to the delinquency of these minors? It seems there are a lot more people to blame than just the Spencers.
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