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Snowflake Student Refuses To Pay $170K Debt Because He’s Depressed. He’s Now Getting Sued.

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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has sued 25-year-old former medical student Bryan Robson for failing to repay a massive $170,000 loan. His excuse? He was sad. As a result, he couldn’t continue with his studies. Now he feels as though he shouldn’t be on the hook for the loan.

“Robson, who is from Dauphin, Man., was accepted into medical school at the University of Saskatchewan in 2012 after three years studying sciences,” reports the CBC, adding:

Getting a student line of credit was an easy choice, Robson said, because he knew he wouldn’t be able to afford tuition and wouldn’t have time to work during the rigorous program. Costs would be about $14,000 a year for tuition plus books, living and other expenses…

Two years into the program, Robson was experiencing depression and anxiety. He knew something was wrong, he said, so he took a year off…

After leaving school, Robson said he went to an RBC location in Saskatoon assuming everything could be worked out. He thought he was covered by the disability insurance.

“I went in with my rose-tinted glasses thinking that, ‘Yeah, well here I am,’ let’s go find out what kind of medical documentation they need or figure out where we go because I was in no way capable of servicing the loan. I was barely meeting my living expenses,” he said.

A representative at the bank told him that the insurance wouldn’t cover it, and that he was on the hook for the $170,000, said Robson.

Ultimately, Robson was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder. He now claims that his mental illness is being callously dismissed by the bank

“It’s kept pretty quiet but it’s actually a pretty serious problem,” he told the CBC. “There is just, day in and day out, very heavy things about illness and witnessing suffering. It’s described as drinking from a fire hose. I’m sure the workload as well plays into the stress. There is not a lot of sleep and not a lot of rest.”

Unable to pay the large debt, Robson says he feels “trapped or helpless.”

But Robson’s tale of woe is undermined by his own behavior.

It turns out the student didn’t actually spend all of the money on school expenses.

The CBC explains:

While a good portion of the money was used for school expenses, Robson said that some of the debt was amassed during spending sprees, a common symptom during manic periods.

He decided to take some time to regroup, and focused on doing yoga while working at an orchard in British Columbia.

While out of Saskatchewan last summer, Robson said he received a call from the bank during which he was told that mental illness isn’t the same as physical illness, and he would have to pay back the money.

When Robson failed to cough up the money, the bank sued. But before he was notified of the lawsuit, Robson decided to take matters into his own hands, suing the RBC for… get this…discrimination.

“Meanwhile — unaware of the lawsuit — Robson filed a complaint in November with the Canadian Human Rights Commission,” notes the CBC.

The fact is, Robson didn’t qualify for disability insurance. Therefore, he’s required to pay back the loan.

While the RBC hasn’t responded to Robson’s specific allegation, the bank released a statement clarifying its position on student loan payback procedures. The statement reads in part:

For student lines of credit, it is important to note that clients who choose not to complete or are unable to complete their studies, for whatever reason, are expected to repay the loan.

Check out Steven Crowder’s hilarious smack-down of the snowflake student below:

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