'She's actually a very sweet girl': Father of teenage girl filmed threatening to kill a classmate before encouraging her to commit suicide in sickening video says the 15-year-old 'was just kidding'
- Videos of two schoolgirls encouraging a teen to kill herself went viral online
- The two girls also threaten the girl, saying they would 'stomp' and 'drown' her
- Father of one of the girl says the footage was filmed as a joke and is remorseful
- Cyberbullying organisations condemned the footage, which was taken down
The father of one of the teens featured in a shocking video encouraging a classmate to kill herself says his daughter is extremely remorseful and the footage was filmed as a joke.
Social media went into meltdown on Wednesday after a confronting video was uploaded of two Gold Coast schoolgirls telling another teen they would 'stomp' and 'drown' her, before saying she should take her own life.
The girl their explosive tirade is directed toward is not present in the video, which went viral online before the footage was taken down by Facebook.
Horrific video of a pair of schoolgirls hurling abuse and threats emerged this week
The father of one of the girls told the Gold Coast Bulletin the video was filmed as a joke late last year and shared to a private chat room on social media app Snapchat, where it was then forwarded on to the victim.
He claimed the video was never meant to be taken seriously.
'It was just kids mucking around… girls egging each other on and being stupid,' the father told the publication.
He said his daughter is a sweet girl who wants to apologise to the victim.
'It was never meant to go to the poor girl that it (the video) was about. It was really bad judgment on my daughter's part and she's beside herself with remorse,' he said.
'This is just not in her nature. It's not who she is. She's actually a very sweet girl and this is just totally out of character.'
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His daughter has since disabled her social media accounts and may face disciplinary action where she returns to school on Friday.
In the Snapchat videos, the main instigator in the tirade, a girl in a plain black t-shirt, spits and screams at the camera while another friend giggles in the background.
'F**king roll another f**king durry in the f**king corner to avoid your f**king problems, 'cause everyone f**king hates you and everyone f**king wants to kill you, 'cause you're a little f**king s**t.
'And you're probably gonna kill yourself before I f**king kill you, but you know what, I want to f**king kill you, 'cause you're a f**king slut, 'cause I f**king hate you.'
The father of one of the teens featured in the shocking video says his daughter is a sweet girl who's extremely remorseful and that the footage (pictured) was filmed as a joke
The girl who could previously be heard laughing then jumps at the camera, saying she would 'stomp' the girl with her own shoes.
'If I f**king see you, you're gonna f**king drown and you're gonna f**king die, you know what, you'll probably f**king kill yourself because everyone hates you.'
The man who uploaded the footage says he's a friend of the family whose daughter was the target of the abuse.
The social media post was met with hundreds of comments advising the family to go to police, while others called for the girls involved to be expelled.
The video was viewed more than 58,000 times, where the majority of the comments label the girls involved as 'vile'.
Queensland Police are not aware of a complaint lodged in retaliation to the video.
The expletive-laced tirade has since been taken down by Facebook after the video went viral
The victim's family called for more consequences for cyberbullies.
'This video is alarming because any parent seeing it will be horrified to think that either their child is in the receiving end of such a tirade, or just as bad, that their child would be responsible for such an act,' their statement read.
The Department of Education wouldn't comment on the case but said any situation which threatens students' safety is taken extremely seriously.
'Cyberbullying is not a problem for schools to solve in isolation, it is an issue for the whole community,' a spokesperson told 10 daily.
Cyberbullying organisations have condemned the footage, including the Do It for Bree Foundation.
It was set up by the family of Queensland teen Breannah Piva who took her own life in 2016 after being physically, verbally and emotionally traumatised by her bullies on a daily basis.
'Bullying needs to stop now,' the foundation posted on Facebook on Thursday night.
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