"Dora The Explorer" actress, teen Fatima Ptacek, was suspended from Manhattan's Avenues: The World School after using an e-cigarette in the school bathroom. The "Dora The Explorer" actress was with two other friends when they were caught vaping.
Mirror reports that the "Dora the Explorer" actress was lucky to have only been given a suspension. Avenues: The World School, a prestigious private school in Manhattan where Suri Cruise once attended, expelled one of Fatima Ptacek's friends for the vaping offence.
The parents of this friend are now suing Avenues: The World School for what they deemed unfair distribution of punishment. While the "Dora the Explorer" actress was suspended for vaping, the third girl in the incident was not punished at all.
"The fact that F.P. (Fatima Ptacek) is a known actress for being the voice of 'Dora Explorer' may have played a role in why she was ultimately not expelled even after the school threatened as much, and M.S. was expelled instead as a scapegoat," the lawsuit stated. The "Dora the Explorer" actress and her two friends were caught vaping by another student, who reported the trio to school authorities.
The 14-year old M.S., who was expelled from the vaping incident, said that she only gave in to peer pressure because she wanted to be considered cool by the "Dora the Explorer" actress and their other friend. Us Weekly reports that the "Dora the Explorer" actress borrowed the vaping pen from another Avenues: The World School student.
No word has been released over any action against the source of the vaping pen. The spokesperson for Avenues: The World School declined to comment on both the legal and disciplinary action cases.
A previous Examiner article reports that Inspirations for Youth and Families South Florida, teen drug rehab program, indicated a growing number of drug vaping addiction among teens. Currently, debates are on-going over the exact nature of risks that vaping post to users, including the chemical risks that come along with the vaping instrument.
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The impact of the vaping incident on the "Dora the Explorer" actress' future as the voice of the popular Nickelodeon character is yet unknown. Fatima Ptacek has been the voice of "Dora the Explorer" since 2012.
