Is the viral "lexi" video real?

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.

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.

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).

This is nuts. They all have southern English accents.

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.

IKR.

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.

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.

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.

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

@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.

It took place in Oswestry. The boy had a couple of bruises and did hit first - it did get out of hand but was nothing like the 'brutal attack' it was. called on social media.

Grown men were outside her house baying for her blood. Very scary how the story escalated to the murder of a child and the suicide of the aggressor.

We live in a scary world.

One of the children in my class asked me if I knew who she was yesterday. I assumed she was either a child who had previously attended the school or an Ethan’s a YouTuber/celeb of some kind. I’ll flag with DSL when I’m in next week - thank god for this thread! Thank you!

There are supposedly grown adults on this thread making claims and stating them as fact. Is it any wonder that so many kids are growing up to believe all kinds of shite they read about on the internet when so many adults seem unable to stop themselves doing the same?

The incident has actually been tracked down now.

This is wild.

I was wondering this also. My DS is a similar age to your DD and mentioned this. I googled but couldn’t find anything in the actual news so figured nobody had died. I’m guessing there’s a grain of truth somewhere but most of it is rubbish.

For people saying it was play fighting, you obviously haven’t seen the whole video, where she stands on his feet, or seeps his leg away and he smashes into the concrete. She’s a vile bully.

There was an incident a couple of years ago where a girl did beat a boy up in west Lothian/Edinburgh way possibly (not totally sure on area) and it was on the news

Happened in Gobowen but blown out of proportion and now people posting awful things about getting the girl raped and other awful things . I don’t think full story is shown yet

I don't think anyone should be adding this person to anything.

Yabu for saying you "searched it up"

Never said anyone has to :)