Texas
Teen girl, 17, attacked over boy in fight posted on Snapchat, mom speaks out
Two teen ladies in Texas had been arrested for allegedly ambushing a peer and filming it on Snapchat — and the younger sufferer’s mother is now talking out, saying her daughter is “very traumatized” over the assault.
Police in Clifton, Tx., charged Ahliah Vestal and Savannah Walker, each 17, for the alleged assault on Maya Tremillo, additionally 17. Each ladies had been charged as adults for aggravated assault within the combat that was apparently over a boy.
The sufferer was allegedly lured to a park on April 18 by Vestal, who claimed she wanted to get again a borrowed pair of sneakers, in line with police and Tremillo’s mother, Julie Kross.
When Tremillo arrived, she was instantly attacked, her mother stated.
“[Walker] jumped out of the automotive and the opposite woman that was filming her additionally jumped out of the automotive along with her cellphone, after which [Walker] began yelling at Maya,” Kross instructed The Solar.
When Tremillo turned away to return to her automotive, Walker allegedly “hit her at the back of the top and simply jumped on her and began beating her,” Kross stated within the article revealed Saturday.
Kross stated her daughter was left with a concussion, cuts on her face and physique, and a sprained ankle. Footage confirmed the bloodied teen sporting a neck brace.
Clifton Police Chief Chris Blanton instructed native media the assault had “one thing to do with a boy” and that the assembly was orchestrated “for the only function of preventing.”
A 16-year previous woman whose title has not been launched can even be charged, however there wasn’t sufficient room within the native juvenile jail for her to be detained, Blanton stated.
Blanton additionally instructed reporters that Walker allegedly did a lot of the attacking, though all three will face expenses.
“Being there and filming it, antagonizing it and cheering it on, isn’t okay,” the city’s high cop stated. “These different two didn’t throw a punch, however they helped plan it and helped set it up, filmed it they usually inspired it, in order that’s the rationale they’re getting charged the identical.”
Kross contacted the police earlier than the April 18 assault and had even filed a police report after Walker allegedly threatened her daughter, however the cops didn’t take motion, she claimed.
“They had been threatening to beat her up and stated ‘you higher watch your again, we’re gonna kick your ass,’ ” stated Kross. “It scared her and it scared me. So we filed a police report.”
Whereas allegedly attacking her daughter, Walker stated “go file a report on that now” and later posted it on Snapchat, Kross instructed the outlet.
In Snapchat screenshots proven to The Solar, Walker allegedly wrote, “Speak your f—–g s–t now b—h!!!” and “Maintain my cousins title and my title out your f—–g mouth b—h don’t play with me.”
Kross stated Tremillo is “clearly very traumatized, very depressed.
“I’m actually fearful about her emotionally,” she added, saying her daughter will end her senior yr of highschool from house whereas recovering.
Tremillo is “always trying over her shoulder and jumps when a automotive drives by. Bodily, she’s gonna heal, however I do know the emotional issues are gonna take longer,” the mother stated.