>> boy. and is there any acknowledgement of part of the story suggest that this all parted because phoebe was dating an athlete, a popular kid, and once that relationship broke up, that's when the taunting and the bullying started. was there any acknowledgement of that chain of events, that chronology, from the sup superintende superintendent? >> reporter: well, to be frank with you, tony, i can't talk about what he told me off the record. >> gotcha. >> reporter: there is no official confirmation of that. but what i can tell you is that i have spoken with many parents and many people who knew phoebe, including the pallbearer at her funeral, a young man named nick, who told me that essentially phoebe prince was dating, as an underclassman, and a new student from another country, from ireland, a very popular upper classman, the senior, quarterback of the football team, who happened to be dating