Disabled students forced to partake in ‘fight club’

GRAINY phone videos showing mentally disabled students forced to fight each other will likely be shown to jurors this week as four former employees at a Texas school go on trial.

The late-night “fight club” at the Corpus Christi State School – orchestrated, authorities say, for the entertainment of those responsible for protecting the students – was uncovered in March after the images were found on a lost phone.

Yesterday, jurors were picked for the trial of Timothy Dixon, 30; D’Angelo Riley, 23; and Jesse Salazar, 25, all charged with multiple counts of causing bodily injury to a disabled person. Stephanie Garza, 21, was to face a lesser charge of not intervening to stop the fights. Two other former employees are scheduled to go on trial later this year.