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Do you have any documentation for this?
Here's a bbc article about how the lawsuit was dismissed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39982239
It includes a picture of his "invention."
Here's an archive link of a Washington times opinion piece after the 3rd attempt at frivolous suits failed.
https://archive.ph/5wiop
Clockboy was a straight up scam
I had direct connections to this incident (friend worked at the school), and this is pretty much exactly what happened. The only reason it was an issue in the first place were the zero tolerance policies in place that required action to be taken. Whether the family did it on purpose, no one really knew, but everyone involved certainly was thinking it.