AGAWAM -- A teenager who was paralyzed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Agawam is suing his father for allegedly blowing through money raised for the teen's recovery.

The civil suit pits Alex Scafuri, now 18, against his father and stepmother, Christopher and Jennifer Scafuri, as well as two other defendants. The complaint, filed in Hampden Superior Court, demands a jury trial and is seeking financial damages for an amount to be determined.

The lawsuit claims well over $100,000 was raised at charitable events and through an online fundraising site for the recovery of Alexander Michael Branton-Scafuri, who was struck by a drunken driver in the area of Rowley and Springfield streets on the evening of March 16, 2015.

The driver, Jomaris Colon of Springfield, testified during criminal proceedings that she had no memory of the crash. In August 2016, a Hampden Superior Court judge sentenced Colon to up to four years in state prison after she pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and causing serious bodily injury to Scafuri, who was 16 at the time and paralyzed from the chest down.

In September 2016, two months before Scafuri's 18th birthday, a legal demand was sent to Christopher Scafuri and co-defendant Dawn Violette for an accounting of how much money remained in the fundraising accounts established on Alex's behalf, including proceeds from an event at a local social club and a fundraiser conducted through the online site GoFundMe.

Neither Christopher Scafuri nor Violette gave an accounting of the funds, according to Dennis P. Powers, the attorney representing Alex Scafuri. Violette, Christopher and Jennifer Scafuri, and Maria Gensheimer are all named as defendants in the suit, because each had held "funds for the benefit of the plaintiff while he was a minor," the complaint alleges.

Alex sustained neck injuries in the hit-and-run incident that led to his paralysis. He received extensive treatment for his injuries and incurred medical bills of around $960,000, according to the complaint.

Scafuri was told by the various defendants that one fundraiser had collected between $60,000 and $120,000, while the GoFundMe account had raised around $50,000, according to the lawsuit. Using these estimates, that means anywhere from $110,000 to $170,000 was raised for Alex, whose father maintains that the total was closer to the smaller amount.

In June 2015, Christopher Scafuri told his son that he had used around $37,000 to improve his property to make it handicapped-accessible. The father also told his son that he had used some of the money "for daily living expenses for his family," including bills and mortgage payments, but had locked away around $40,000 in his safe, the complaint alleges.

In August 2016, when Alex was still a minor, he was removed from his father's Agawam home by the state Division of Children and Families "due to allegations of neglect," the complaint states.

The next month, Alex was told by his father that there was only around $11,000 left in his account, according to the lawsuit, which alleges Christopher Scafuri had a fiduciary obligation to manage his son's funds and had "breached that duty" by using money "for his own benefit."

Christopher Scafuri, in a sworn statement, said he never "maintained custody or control over any funds raised for and/or donated on the plaintiff's behalf." Any donations made on his son's behalf were deposited into a bank account maintained by Violette, he said.

"I did not participate in maintaining the account and do not possess any records pertaining to the account," he said.

The father said all funds expended from the account were spent with his son's full knowledge, including roughly $40,000 for construction and installation of a handicapped-accessible ramp and bathtub for his son.

Another $26,000 was used to buy and make subsequent repairs to a handicapped-accessible van for Alex, who still uses the vehicle, according to Christopher Scafuri.

"Contrary to the accusation made in the verified complaint, the Department of Children and Families did not remove the plaintiff from my home," the father said, adding that Alex "chose to move" after he told his son that his girlfriend and others were no longer welcome in his home.

Christopher Scafuri also said he received a written request for an accounting of the funds from an attorney representing his son. He said he left two voice messages for the lawyer, who never called him back.