In July of 2010 a big story on the Internet was “Jessie Slaughter” and her videos. I was not going to comment on it until I found out she was the number one search on Google.
I made a video about it and here is that video. It has got 29,925 views since July 18, 2010.
Now one year later is the news story of “Jessie Slaughter’s Dad Charged with Child Abuse.”
“The father of a Florida seventh grader whose profanity-laced video prompted online death threats last year has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his daughter.
Gene Leonhardt, 53, was charged by police in Marion County, Fla., with child abuse in the incident, which occurred last month.
According to the police report, first reported on the website Smoking Gun, the girl said she had been arguing with her father when he "punched her, causing her to have a bloody and swollen lips."
Leonhardt pleaded not guilty to the child abuse charge and was freed on $5,000 bond.
The girl, who goes by the screen name "Jessi Slaughter," saw her YouTube video rocket across the Internet last summer. In it, her rage boiled with violent threats and graphic language that she used against online tormentors she said were bullying her…”
I said in my video that we would be hearing more about this family. At least, I think, I said that. I do not want to watch my video over again to find out what I said but I seem to remember that. I been wondering what happened to the family. About a year later we find out that there are still problems. I do not think anyone is surprised by this event.
Read about this on my NPR news feed the other day, I knew you'd have something about it on your blog. I'm not surprised at all really, by this story, nope. The guy struck me as a jackass then and it seemed to me there were likely some internal family issues there.
Posted by: Argent009 | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 04:16
I missed the news of his arrest. Someone commented on his arrest on the video on YouTube so I did a search to see if it was true.
I would have forgot all about this girl and her fucked up family except the video I made has got over 29,000 views and each time a comment is made, and 301 comments were made, I get an email and I think about the story.
I been wondering what happened to her and her family.
I guess we know now. It was to be expected.
The older she gets the worst things are going to get for her and her family. I do not see things turning out good for her.
Posted by: Jim Howard | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 05:03