8 teens arrested in beating of Lakeland girl

Eight teenagers have been arrested after filming the beating of another teen and threatening to post the video on the Internet, sheriff's officials said.

Victoria Lindsay was attacked on March 30 by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend's home, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

Two girls confronted Lindsay when she walked in, yelling and threatening her, an arrest report showed. Another girl struck her in the head several times and then slammed her head into the bedroom wall, knocking her unconscious.

When she woke up, she was on the couch in the living room surrounded by the six girls. The teens blocked the door, held Lindsay down and began beating her, the report said. Two teenage boys waited outside the home as lookouts.

All eight were charged last week with battery and false imprisonment, which are third-degree felonies, the report said.

Lindsay was taken to the hospital by ambulance and treated for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises, the report said.

Lindsay's father said the teens' motivation for the attack was to produce a video that would become popular on YouTube, a video-sharing Web site. But the mother of one of the girls said that Lindsay had provoked the other teens by threatening and insulting them on MySpace, a social networking Web site.

The video and a transcript of the incident will be released early this week, sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilder told The Ledger of Lakeland. It's not immediately clear if the video was ever posted on the Internet.

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[daniel3231995]

Holy shit.I hope these people were tried and convicted as adults.They deserve some prison rape.

[Searcheur]

bill, right for once

[leiabeia09]

if i was that girl i would of starting swinging back. defend yourself against evil vengeful females!

[julesgold3]

i hope all of those people rot in hell

[Queeenfrannie]

All I have to say is goodluck to that poor poor Lawyer she is never going to win this case for the defendents lol

[easyway2001]

Where are the racist comments? Fucking crackers and incest having bitches

[momarist]

lol were their pictures distorted or are they all from the same farm

[bloodvamp69]

they need to go to jail for fuck sake.

[N8mont4]

Thats why I always carry a pocket knife. If people try to fuck with me, they will get stabbed.

[jsharps1000]

@ExtremeStraightEdge they probly didn't mean to beat you up. they probly did it by accident if they say theyare your friends they are so call them and befriend them again

[ExtremeStraightEdge]

@jsharps1000 I would never even talk to them again.

[singingemmy2011]

Hell in middle school I was physically and emotionally abused everyday, I was even thrown over a desk and broke two ribs. I agree that they deserve at least SOME time!