Christina Balestriere and Kristen Cobo are now being sued by a school librarian for speaking out with their concerns about sexually explicit books in their school library.
The two moms from Roxbury, New Jersey, are among the parents at the center of the defamation suit that was filed by the school librarian at their children's high school.
It all started after they voiced their concerns at a board of education meeting about sexually explicit books in the school library.
That's when Roxbury High School librarian Roxana Russo Caivano filed a lawsuit against them.
The radical librarian's argument? That the parents had defamed her by challenging her choice of content. She claims they had labeled her a "child predator" and accused her of "luring children with pornography."
The moms concerns came after they said that certain books, which are essentially "hardcore pornography," were available to students as young as 13 in the school library.
One such book? "Gender Queer: A Memoir," which explicitly depicts sexual acts and discussing masturbation.
"We went straight to the administrators, to the school board. We spoke out month after month. The first time we brought [it] to their attention was in August of 2022. I can tell you today all those books still remain in the library," Cobo said on "Jesse Watters Primetime."
No response. For months. So they hit up the Board of Education and were invited to speak out at the March 6 Roxbury Board of Education meeting.
"We were arguing [that] we're in the fight against the sexualization of our children in America and especially in New Jersey," Cobo said.
"And we feel that this content should not be made available to minor children, especially in the school district where our children are quickly rising. And that’s what we spoke to. We spoke to the fact that these are our children, nobody else’s. And we have the right to direct their upbringing and those books do not match the morals and values that I teach in my home."
Shortly after, these two moms and two others were served with the lawsuit - something they said is a move to silence parents.
"Absolutely. There’s no doubt in my mind that that’s what this is. It’s just to, in my opinion, scare not only us but from other parents speaking up and probably just to hit us with as many legal fees as possible," she said.
Here's the full story... in their own words. Our owner, Kyle Reyes, sat down with them to tell the full story.
