Days ago, the news that a 17-year-old boy was arrested in the US state of Florida after
beating a teacher
from his school unconscious after she
took a video game console from him, he traveled the world
It is that the brutality of what was recorded by the security cameras went viral on social networks in a matter of minutes.
The recording equipment of Matanzas High School, in Flagler County (eastern Florida), recorded the beating that the young man gave the assistant in a hallway
until security personnel arrived and arrested him
.
However, now the version of the main person involved and victim of the attack was known.
Joan Naydich denied claims by her assailant, Brendan Depa, 17, that she provoked the beating in the classroom when she wrested her Nintendo Switch
console from her hands.
The moment when the student kicks the teacher Joan Naydich hard in the head.
Photo: screenshot.
"I just
want to set the record straight
. I never took away the Nintendo Switch. I was told by anyone who read or heard differently that this was unfortunately misinformation," Naydich said, in a response to the many citizens who launched a complaint. collection to raise funds for his recovery.
“I am hopeful that awareness after this incident will spread far and wide.
That will save anyone else from having to deal with the trauma, physical healing, and disruption to daily life that this has caused,” Naydich said on
GoFundMe
, where more than $66,000 has been raised.
Depa, who allegedly told police he
was "going to kill her"
when he was released, will be tried as an adult for aggravated assault on a school board employee, a charge punishable by
up to 30 years behind bars.
Brendan Depa, 17, has behavior problems.
He will be tried as an adult and can go to jail for 30 years.
Depa's aggression was tremendous.
In the video published on Saturday by various media, it is seen that the student punches, stomps and
continues kicking the woman when she lies unconscious
on the floor, after he pushed her with such force that she fell almost two meters from where he was.
The student,
with special needs, is more than two meters tall and weighs more than 120 kilograms
, school sources said.
After the beating, according to police reports, he spat at the victim and threatened to kill her.
While in the classroom after being detained, the student made statements that he was upset that she took the game from him, saying that he
"will hit her every time she takes the game from him
," according to an arrest report, and that
"
When he comes back, he's going to kill her .
"
In a statement, a spokesman for the Flagler school department said the assaulted woman has worked in the district since 2004, and since 2021 she has been an adjunct teacher.
The district also explained that adjunct teachers are assigned to students with
an individualized education program
, and are not assigned to general education students.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly told Orlando's WESH channel that
"it could have been a homicide
. "
"When you push people down like that and they hit their heads, you never know the outcome," the police official said.
“This student's actions are
absolutely horrendous and completely unnecessary
(...) We hope that the victim can recover, both mentally and physically, from this incident.
Fortunately, students and staff members came to the victim's aid before deputies arrived," the sheriff added.
“I am very sorry for the teacher, the one who was attacked.
It's something we see all too often these days,” said Ann Marie, a parent of a
Matanzas High School student.
