Parents vindicated

 

COMPLETE VICTORY!!!! SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED!
ALL claims brought by the Roxbury librarian against Roxbury moms Christina Balestriere and Kristen Cobo dismissed!
"This was all protected expression of opinion,"
More to come!@CoboKristen @ChristinaMB122 https://t.co/qDY253ivIM

— John D. Coyle Esq. (@johndcoyleesq) October 3, 2025

BACKGROUND HERE:

"Roxbury, NJ parents, Kristen Cobo and Christina Balestriere stood up when the Roxbury school library began promoting sexually explicit books to children.

After becoming aware of a multitude of sexually explicit, vulgar books available to minor children in their public school district, these parents followed the appropriate steps to address their concerns. After speaking with the librarian and district administration proved to be ineffective, these mothers began speaking at Roxbury Board of Education meetings regarding their concerns; providing evidence as to why these books are inappropriate and pose a risk to the safety of minors. 

In response to the concerns raised by these parents, the school librarian doubled down and promoted these books, tweeting from the Roxbury Media’s page about “banned books week”, encouraging students to read these books.

When Kristen and Christina continued to speak up at school board meetings to exercise their First Amendment Right to petition to government at a public forum, the school librarian sued.  The librarian's husband is an attorney, so she is not paying legal fees.  This frivolous lawsuit is a transparent attempt to silence parents who stand up to question whether books with graphic sexual content should be promoted for reading by children."