News about Drew O'Connor

After a teacher told a tutor he identified with the violent main character of the 1989 film Heathers, a 15-year-old boy with autism was arrested and put through a mental assessment by the NYPD. Terrence O'Connor, 15, selected the Winona Ryder cult comedy as part of a 2022 assignment in which he had to address a film in class at PS 72/The Lexington Academy in Harlem. He was kidnapped from his house and is still reeling from the incident, according to his family. The family has filed a lawsuit against New York City schools and others.