A student athlete was filmed being savagely beaten by three football players while taking part in a Christian summer camp.
The horrific ordeal, which has gone viral online, occurred during a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) camp at Presbyterian College in South Carolina on July 7.
According to lawyers representing the boy, the perpetrators were DW Daniel High School football players – whose friends also recorded the punch-up.
Their football coach, Chris Stone, has been put on leave following the fight.
Several students have been criminally charged over the gory attack, the school board announced, without providing further details. Daily Mail has contacted Pickens County Sheriff’s Office for further details.
In the frightening footage, the victim was punched in the face by one individual before another person attacked him inside a dorm room.
The unnamed boy was pushed onto the bed by the two, who continued to assault him. The young man attempted to block their punches with his hands.
He was then pushed out of frame as one individual said, ‘I got to get in here’, before they joined in with the beatdown.
While the three carried out the attack, another could be seen filming it. The group then backed away from the boy before one returned to punch him in the head.
The young man was punched in the face by one individual before the group overpowered him, sending him to the floor
While the three carried out the attack, another could be seen filming it. The boy is seen here being punched in the head as he sat on the floor
As the three left the room, one of them said: ‘Don’t even get up’, as another added: ‘Watch your s*** next time, you know we are not the same n****.’
In a statement to Malarkey News, the boy said his attackers had accused him of using racial slurs prior to the assault, which he has denied.
He said the attack left him with a ‘serious’ concussion, and bruises across his head and ribcage. He added that he is no longer able to participate in combat sports.
The law firm representing the boy said the camp was a school-sanctioned event with the FCA renting out the campus when the incident took place.
In a statement earlier this week, the Pickens County School District Board of Trustees said that several DW Daniel High students were criminally charged after the fight.
They said: ‘The full Board of Trustees of the School District of Pickens County was made aware late last week that a very serious incident occurred at a school sponsored football camp at Presbyterian College earlier this month.
‘Board members have now seen the disturbing video that is circulating on social media.
‘This incident, which involved numerous student athletes, resulted in the injury of one student and criminal charges for several students.’
It added: ‘This matter is serious, not acceptable, and is being addressed by the administration and law enforcement.
According to lawyers representing the boy who was beaten, the perpetrators were DW Daniel High School football players
Football coach Chris Stone, pictured here, has been placed on leave as the school district investigates
‘According to the statement all of those involved are minors, and that they are all facing disciplinary action at school and athletic levels.
‘The Board is appalled that this serious incident occurred and that a student was injured during a school-sponsored event.’
The football coach of the Daniel High School team Chris Stone has also been placed on administrative paid leave as the district conducts an investigation.
Stone was brought in to lead the team in April of this year, with the victim saying in his statement that Stone was inside the building at the time.
‘Multiple teammates were coming in and out while I was trapped in my room, but nobody thought to get a coach’, the boy said.
In a statement, 8th Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo said his office was aware of the fight and was monitoring the situation.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes said that the behavior of those captured on their camp ‘falls unacceptably short of our standards’.
The law firm said they released the footage in hopes of other people coming forward with information that could help the investigation.
