Teenagers charged over YouTube attack on friend

Six teenage girls have been charged with an vicious attack on a 16-year-old friend for a video to post on the internet.

Victoria Lindsay was attacked by the girls when she arrived at a friend’s home.

One of the girls struck her on the head several times and then slammed her head into a wall, knocking her unconscious.

Later, according to a clip of the video that was released by the Sheriff in Lakeland, Florida the girls can be seen blocking a door and hitting Victoria.

Victoria was treated for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises, police said.

“It’s absolutely an animalistic attack,” Sheriff Grady Judd said.

“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 girls intended to put it on the video-sharing 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 girls forced the victim into a car and drove her to another spot, where she was told she would be given a worse beating if she contacted police.

The six girls were arrested with two boys last week and charged with battery and false imprisonment.