Warning: This story contains disturbing language and subject matter.
For most of her high school life, Mary was on the basketball court five days a week playing the game she loved.
But the teenager would slip into the gym knowing she’d have to steel herself against a constant barrage of insults from Daniel Lacasse, her coach at École secondaire Saint-Laurent.
“He told me I was nothing. He said I was dumb — I’m not going to go anywhere in life,” Mary said in an interview. CBC News is not using her real name to protect her privacy.
“Honestly, it was horrible.
