Is the viral "lexi" video real?

@Garlicked I'm only quoting what the woman posted on our local Chorley Life Facebook page. I have not watched the video and have no desire to, as I said before, I do hope it's all fake.

Sussex police investigated and established it took place in West Mercia (Herefordshire/Shropshire). They said :”West Mercia Police have located the victim and a suspect, and an investigation is ongoing.”

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/crime/sussex-police-issue-update-following-circulation-of-distressing-video-on-social-media-4590519

My son was exposed to this by somebody at school and became hyper fixated on it. I had to tell him that if this had actually happened it would be all over the news and not just random TikTok's. It's so disgusting. I did not want him looking anything up as it will change his algorithm completely. There is nothing I have seen that is anything but fake.

https://holrmagazine.com/lexi-bonner-beat-kid-8-year-old-autistic-boy/

I hadn't heard of this from my teenagers but a quick Google is telling me that Sussex police have conformed this took place in a park in Littlehampton in Sussex.

I don’t think it’s fake. It’s horrible bullying that looks all too real to me. The girl doesn’t appear to injure him too badly in the scheme of things - it could have been a lot worse.

Unless the video was picked up by a news channel it wouldn't have any verified news source. ATM it’s simply viral on SM.

IKR.

Yep 13 year old son in Northern Ireland asked me about this on Thursday. I think it is fake as would surely make a proper verified news source.

This is nuts. They all have southern English accents.

I am in Scotland & our local police force have issued a statement saying they have reviewed the footage & have passed it onto the relevant police force in Scotland from where the attack took place (Glasgow from what i have heard).

What i find really disturbing is the various videos of teenage girls being beaten up claiming to be "lexi" getting her comeuppance.All full of glee and laughter at the "monster" getting what's coming to her and fucking grownups cheering those beatings.
It's fucking madness.

The story here is she beat him up, the boy died and the girl killed herself. It sparked a good discussion about SM, mob mentality, fake news and doing your research/fact check before you pass things on/state them as facts.

Why on earth are so many children allowed on tik tok and other social media platforms it’s scary the stuff they have access to! My 12 year old isn’t allowed tik tok or Snapchat etc yet but all her friends tell and show her stuff and she came home asking if that story had been on the news as she was really worried by it. It’s out of control really the access young kids have got and the influence it has over them.

On twitter there loads of Lexi Bonner stuff all clearly ai generated and linked to porn videos. This is some weird ai generated thing.

@Celticliving yes I have. Looks like no one actually knows anything. Apart from that article posted up top.

I just said what I was thinking....!?

No I completely agree.

I don’t believe in mob mentality and attacking a teenage girl but sharing videos on SM can absolutely be a blessing and hold people accountable when they would have otherwise had people turn a blind eye to it.

If people thought they were being recorded and it would go viral then they would act very differently.

The internet has many cons but I think about how many videos that have been shared (police officers attacking people, the voice recording of footballer trying to rape his DP, animal violence etc) and these people have all had to answer for it because it was videoed and shared and rightly so.
If not, they would have just carried on and their multiple victims would continue to suffer.

Perhaps this video will make children/teens think twice before attacking a vulnerable child.

What's strange is everyone convinced its local to them. Has this been set up with an algorithm that is using IP location of the viewer to then generate a location local to them. It just seems a bit much to be chinese whispers that from Kent to Scotland to Ireland that kids are convinced it's local to them. AI capabilities terrify me.

That's interesting. A school I know has fallen victim to cyber crime and entire computer system is down, has been for days. I wonder if something like this is how it happened?

My DD told me about this a few days ago but didn't say anything about it being local. I think it's a hoax, well I hope so anyway.

So you haven't read the thread at all, then?

The police/media etc need to get a grip of it really and confirm what is and isn’t correct and get some statements out there. Someone could end up seriously injured/dead if there are addresses circulating.

Just googled out of interest. It does look like play fighting to me initially (with the kid playing along/being very dramatic and flinging himself around) but not sure towards the end of the video. Some of the kicks look pretty real.

On Reddit (where I saw the video) people are calling for the girl to be raped/beaten to death and addresses are being posted. So that's great.

So many people discussing this on social media are convinced that it happened in their local area. It has been linked to dozens of places.
The young people in the video have (Southern) English accents.

From what I've seen yes she did assault him, he didn't die and she didn't take her own life. But on almost every video I've seen of the 'fake Lexi's' her address is plastered all over them, even down to what cars and the reg plates.

Maybe it's a lesson to all kids not to beat others up, not to beat about anyone with a disability and also how everyone is watching and they will be seen and vindicated. I hope the poor boy is OK.

I probably sound horrible. But I have only a little sympathy for the girl. Its the poor boy people should be worried about

Wow - a lesson on why tiktok is so dangerous for kids.