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Is the viral "lexi" video real?

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AnxiousRabbit · 19/04/2024 07:25

So yesterday my DD13 asked me if I knew about "lexi" who beat up an 8yr old boy.
The way she said it I initially thought it was an old case from years ago, but I have just searched it up.
There is nothing official anywhere that I have found yet (and no thread on MN)
It's a video from last week of a girl beating up a much younger boy (seemingly) its on tik tok and youtube
Since then the girl has supposedly been named and her address revealed.
There are also videos (not watched any) claiming to be interviews with the attacker and of other things happening to her.
And mixed reports of the alleged victim being "fine" along with unverified photos of a boy in hospital.

Without any verification I am very uneasy about all this (I mean if true its also ALL appalling)
But the fact it appears to only be playing out on tik tok and YouTube just doesn't ring true to me.

Does anyone know more?

YaBu - it's real
YaNBu - it's fake

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AnxiousRabbit · 22/04/2024 18:39

It's still odd...and no official comment.
The only official comment is from a police force that thought it might be in there area and turned out to be wrong.....so they were clearly not working on any official complaint from the victim. Or any actual witnesses.
There is nothing on west mercia police website
And yes it would only get widespread coverage on main stream media if picked up.....but lots of local (and national) news outlets report on viral videos all the time....and this one nothing?

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ImCamembertTheBigCheese · 22/04/2024 22:47

I searched Google for news and nothing

EveSix · 22/04/2024 22:48

Because it isn't real, almost certainly.
I saw another post shown to me by DC1, supposedly from Lexi's school, saying she had been expelled as a consequence of what happened. It was written as a press release or official statement with an official-looking school logo etc, and looked very convincing. Another post from a children's charity which appeared in my feed after I'd sleuthed around on FB, claiming to be providing trauma counselling to the boy and his family and asking for donations looked altogether authentic too, until some spelling mistakes gave it away.
People go to extraordinary lengths to support extraordinary claims.

Mirabai · 22/04/2024 22:56

I’ve no idea why anyone would think this would make the news. What about it is newsworthy?

ellebelli · 23/04/2024 13:47

AnxiousRabbit · 22/04/2024 18:26

My god you're right. I had no idea I had said that...that's something my DD says!

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My son (9) asks me to "search it up" for him..
I have found myself also saying and thinking it 😀

Garlicked · 23/04/2024 14:37

ellebelli · 23/04/2024 13:47

My son (9) asks me to "search it up" for him..
I have found myself also saying and thinking it 😀

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Makes sense! Look it up using a search engine 🙂

KreedKafer · 23/04/2024 15:38

Nobody really has a clue what is happening in the video, who the girl is, and when or where it was filmed. Not a single reputable media outlet has covered it and no police force has put out any kind of statement on it. The 'TimesNowNews' website to which a PP has linked isn't a proper news source.

Every kid who shares this is going to say that they know someone whose cousin knows her or something, but everyone needs to teach their kids some basic critical thinking skills in relation to this stuff.

It's pretty much akin to the rumours that used to circulate when I was a child about tattoo transfers being laced with LSD, or men in car parks offering perfume samples that knock you unconscious as soon as you sniff them so they can abduct you.

Garlicked · 23/04/2024 16:27

Haha, yes, @KreedKafer! In my yoof, it was Led Zeppelin tracks being satanic chants played backwards and Peter Tatchell being a paedophile (that one's true but it got less coverage than satanic Zeppelin!) In the 1990s, everybody knew someone who'd been robbed and/or raped after a puff of 'devil dust' instantly paralysed them - it's a real drug, but not that powerful or fast-acting.

I do think these stories should be debunked by reliable news sources. They grow legs, as seen here, and could lead to assaults on real people.

tinkerbellesslagoon · 29/04/2024 23:32

The girls father was speaking in an article on the daily mail website today. Apparently the girl in the video is actually 11 and the boy is 10, both primary school and both know each-other. Apparently he hurt her first and it wasn’t a big deal, they were friends again soon after. I haven’t seen the actual video though so I’ve no idea how bad and violent it actually comes across the clip. But it does seem like a lot of details (ages, locations, maybe names) have been added or embellished.

kittensinthekitchen · 30/04/2024 00:07

tinkerbellesslagoon · 29/04/2024 23:32

The girls father was speaking in an article on the daily mail website today. Apparently the girl in the video is actually 11 and the boy is 10, both primary school and both know each-other. Apparently he hurt her first and it wasn’t a big deal, they were friends again soon after. I haven’t seen the actual video though so I’ve no idea how bad and violent it actually comes across the clip. But it does seem like a lot of details (ages, locations, maybe names) have been added or embellished.

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