LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Eight teenagers have been arrested on charges alleging they beat another teen in an “animalistic attack” so they could make a videotape to post on YouTube. Seven of them remained in juvenile detention Tuesday, authorities said. A boy who was charged as an adult had been released on bail. Victoria Lindsay was attacked on March 30 by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend’s home, authorities said. One of the girls struck the 16-year-old victim on the head several times and then slammed her head into a wall, knocking her unconscious, according to an arrest report. Later, according to a clip of the video that was released by the Polk County sheriff’s office, the teens can be seen blocking a door and hitting Victoria. “It’s absolutely an animalistic attack,” Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday on NBC’s “Today.” “They lured her into the home for express purpose of filming the attack and posting it on the Internet.” Victoria’s father, Patrick Lindsay, said the teens intended to post the video on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. Christina Garcia, mother of one of the defendants, said her daughter had turned the tape over to police. The sheriff’s office said that after the attack, three of the teens forced the victim into a vehicle and drove her to another location, where she was told she would be given a worse beating if she contacted police. All eight suspects were arrested April 2 and charged with battery and false imprisonment. The three teens who took Lindsay to the second location are also charged with felony kidnapping. Lindsay was treated for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises, police said. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/04/08/5230126-ap.html
sigh.... what is the world coming to? hope these girls get tried as adults and get a harsh punishment.
Oh hell no, that's fucking messed up. Shit, fucking teenagers needs to learn, what is right from wrong.
omg.. people in this world now. lol i find it funny that they mention 'I SAW IT ON MYSPACE!' myspace always starts shit.
wtf? i don't get why people wanna get famous over those kind of videos anyways .. :nuts: and she was going to a friend's house? does that mean these were her friends?
ye, this reminds me of happy slapping, but its much worse cos they were actually beating her proper badly. should never be tolerated and is just stupid to record just for a video.
that is just so messed up. these girls are like just trying to be all tough by proving they can fight and posting it on the internet
lol, when they're getting raped in the Prisons, i wonder whos guna film that and post on Youtube, Man cant they get fame by making faces and shit=P
kids are so bored these days. but yea the internet is a pretty strong tool. if you hate someone, just make a vid about them. also works if you want the attention.
All for some publicity on youtube. Kids these days needs to be taught a lesson and detention centres arent it, if they're welling to do a crime then they shd be put in prison like an adult.
