A high school art teacher in Canada is being sued for a staggering $1.5 million for allegedly selling his students’ work online. The eyebrow-raising case reportedly began back in January in the community of Saint-Lazare when Mario Perron instructed his class at Westwood Junior High School to produce a ‘Creepy Portrait’ in a manner reminiscent of the famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. According to the lawsuit, it would appear that the art teacher was rather impressed when the assignments were turned in a few weeks later as, unbeknownst to the students, he promptly began selling them on his personal website.
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