8 Teens Charged With Attacking a Girl

Suntan Superman · 04-10-2008, 05:00 PM

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Eight teenagers have been arrested in Lakeland, Fla., on charges that they allegedly beat another teen in an "animalistic attack" so they could make a videotape to post on YouTube.

Seven of the teens remained in juvenile detention Tuesday, authorities said. A boy who was charged as an adult has 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.

"When I saw my daughter in the emergency room, I didn't even recognize my own daughter," her father Patrick Lindsay, said a recent news conference in front of their Florida home. "I just walked in and held her. I didn't want her to see me weep."

"I've never seen anybody's face disfigured like that."

While the beatings took place more than a week ago, Patrick and Talisa Lindsay said their daughter remains scared for her life.

"She is having nightmares over it," said her mother, during a news conference outside their Florida home. "She has multiple bruises from it, from her head all the way down."

Her parents blamed the Internet for the incident.

"These Web sites are creating a space for criminal activity, beating, fights," Patrick Lindsay said. "MySpace, MTV's 'Jackass,' they are enticing our children and desensitizing out children. Now, if they create the best shock video, they are the heroes. They think it is top dollar."

They described their daughter as a popular, honor-roll student and varsity cheerleader, who was "very well liked."

"She didn't deserve to be beat down like a dog," her father said. "She thought she was going to die."

"Just the shock of it happening to you and seeing your daughter in a deformity, that was horrific," Talisa Lindsay said. "It's very emotional."

Rubbing his wife's back as she tried to gain her composure, Patrick Lindsay vowed to get justice for their daughter.

"I'm very upset with these Internet sites," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, MySpace is the anti-Christ for children. I'm going to carry this as far as I can.”

Sheriff Grady Judd told NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday that the incident was an "absolutely an animalistic attack."

"They lured her into the home for express purpose of filming the attack and posting it on the Internet," he said.

Christina Garcia, mother of one of the defendants, said her daughter had turned the tape over to police.

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Despicable.

Blitzkrieg · 04-10-2008, 05:11 PM

I saw it on the news. What the fuck are people thinking? If my kid, if I had a kid, pulled some shit like this, I'd beat their ass.

Randy Orton · 04-11-2008, 02:22 AM

that is sick. hopefully they go away for a long time

Erin · 04-12-2008, 01:16 AM

I hope their classmates turn and do the exact same thing to them.

Blitzkrieg · 04-13-2008, 05:15 AM

I've watched the families involved speak out on this and their responses were quite hilarious.. I think I've nailed down what happened here. The girl who was beaten was a cheerleader and her parents sounded like intelligent individuals while the families of the other girls are complete waste of human life, hicktards.

Either way, they are now being charged with felony assault and kidnapping and are being charged as adults. I have no problem with that at all. A message needs to be sent to teens across the nation that these kinds of actions will not be tolerated. I love the portion of the media that's trying to play the sympathy card what with these girls receiving death threats and what have you. Who cares? They dug their grave and as the old saying goes, they can lay in it.

One funny side note, Dr. Phil payed for one of the girl's bail so that he could get an exclusive story out of it, but he was caught.. and now they won't be running the story. That man is a fucking scumbag.

Dakstang · 04-14-2008, 09:54 AM

It is of really no surprise to me. Behavior like this is becoming the norm in our society.

Kaji · 04-20-2008, 01:58 PM

Yeah I know it gets worse every year too.

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