Lifestyle | prep schools Expelled Girl Sues Prep School, Alleges Cult Case provides look inside glamorized world By Wesley Oliver Posted Mar 22, 2009 9:20 AM CDT Copied These buildings are on the campus of Miss Porter's School, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Bob Child) It’s a tale worthy of Gossip Girl: A popular student at a posh prep school who was expelled says she was harassed by a secret society of girls that the school and alumnae deny exists anymore. But ex-student Tatum Bass is slapping Ms Porter's with an all-too-real lawsuit, alleging officials at the school—an all-girls boarding institute that counts Jackie Kennedy and Gloria Vanderbilt among its alums—ignored her suffering. Some traditions—freshmen picking daises and cooking breakfast for seniors—date back over a century. Students rarely sue over expulsion and lawsuits seldom make trial, the New York Times says, because schools often don’t want to risk bad publicity. One alumna doubted the accusations about school officials: “If she was having problems, they would have bent over backwards to help.” Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error