A teacher in the northern German town of Vechta lost her case Tuesday which she brought to quell the rumor that she’s afraid of rabbits.

The leporidaephobic teacher lost her defamation suit in which she claimed that a 16-year-old student spread vicious rumors about her being afraid of the big bad rabbit.

Unfortunately for the teacher, her case was dismissed on the grounds that the student proved the teacher’s phobia as fact.

Der Spiegel: The defendant, named as Kim P., caused the stir by drawing a rabbit on the blackboard of V.’s classroom. Upon entering the room and seeing the drawing, V. reportedly fled from her classroom in tears.
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The teacher has been dogged by her supposed rabbit phobia for years. V. settled a similar suit she brought against a student in 2008, in which the student agreed to stop spreading rumors that V. started crying or went into fits every time she saw a rabbit or heard the animal’s name, the court said in a statement.

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More unfortunate still, the case created nationwide headlines which means that large parts of Germany now know about the teacher who is afraid of soft, cuddly little mammals.

A reminder to all those lawyers and bankers leaving for teaching of just how cruel children can be.