New Video Documents More of Beating

BARTOW | The purple bruises around Victoria Lindsay's eyes show a glimpse of the damage done to the 17-year-old former Mulberry High cheerleader following her infamous videotaped pummeling.

Prosecutors released new footage and photographs Thursday in the controversial case that has sparked national media attention.

Six teenage girls are accused of filming the March 30 beating of Lindsay and threatening to post it on MySpace and YouTube. Two boys are accused of serving as lookouts. Sheriff Grady Judd has said the girls "lured" Lindsay to the home for the purpose of filming the attack.

The recently released videos and photographs came in the discovery phase of the case, in which the prosecution must share its information with the defense.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office previously released a clip that lasts about three minutes and shows some of the attack. The three new clips run about seven minutes, and one appears to capture the first blows.

In the video, some girls are interrogating Lindsay about who she has had sex with, and accusing her of trash talking over the telephone and online.

"You want to talk over the phone," one girl shouts at Lindsay. "You want to talk over the computer. So now is the time to talk to my face."

"I'm telling you right now that I was drunk and it was stupid and I've grown up since then," Lindsay says.

"You haven't," the girl says. "You really haven't."

A few moments later as they continue to argue, the girl suddenly swings her right hand, striking Lindsay's face. Lindsay falls on the bed, and the girl is on top of her, punching rapidly. She manages to get up and retreats into a dark living room where the shouting continues.

Lindsay asks for a cellular phone and indicates the attack was "planned."

A girl not visible because of the darkness inside the room questions Lindsay about whether she was told to leave.

"Someone just give me a phone," Lindsay says, crying. "I will leave if you all hate me. That's fine. I'll leave."

"We all do - so go," one girl replies.

"I need a phone," Lindsay says. "I have nowhere to go."

"Someone get her a phone," a girl says. "You brought this all on yourself, honey. All of it. It's no one's fault but yours."

After a few more moments as the yelling continues, it appears someone near the video camera suggests turning on some light, perhaps to better capture the events unfolding. A lamp comes on, illuminating the room.

Lindsay told detectives in a taped statement that after the beating she was packing her belongings and Britini Hardcastle came in with a camera to take a picture of the "aftermath."

One photograph released shows a hand in the left lower corner holding what looks like a cellular phone.

After the beating, Lindsay was taken to the hospital where she was treated "for a concussion, damage to her left eye and left ear, and numerous bruises," an arrest report states.

Other photographs released Thursday show Lindsay, dressed in different clothing than on the video, sporting black eyes and slight bruising on her legs and arms. Investigative reports state a detective took pictures of Lindsay's injuries on April 2.

Gloria Allred, a California lawyer who represents Lindsay, said Lindsay is being home schooled and is looking forward to graduating soon. Her birthday was Tuesday.

"She is doing as well as she can be under the circumstances," Allred said. "She is still under the care of a doctor. Obviously, this would be traumatic to anyone."

Each of the eight teenage defendants faces battery and kidnapping charges.

The girls arrested are Mercades Nichols, 17, April Cooper, 14, Brittany Mayes, 17, Kayla Hassall, 15, Brittini Hardcastle, 17, and Cara Murphy, 16.

Nichols, Mayes and Hardcastle also face a charge of tampering with a witness.

Zachary Ashley, 17, and Stephen Schumaker, 18, are accused of serving as lookouts outside the house during the incident.

Schumaker is back in jail. He was charged with driving with a suspended license, and booked into the Polk County Jail on Tuesday, jail records show.