A Florida mom is being investigated by Child Protective Services after a video went viral that appears to show her disciplining a young son by dunking his head in the toilet and flushing.
The boy can be heard screaming “no” and crying during the video, while somebody off-camera at the very end of the video appears to say something like “that’s so mean.”
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The mom, named in local news reports as Kaitlyn Wolf from Leesburg, Florida, claims that the whole thing was a joke, done to discipline her three-year-old son after he used bad language.
Wolf apparently sent the video to an ex-boyfriend of hers, who then released it publicly, to where we are today.
Here’s the video in question (below):
Right now DCF is looking into this video that was posted on Facebook. It shows a Leesburg mom, putting her 3 year old son’s head in the toilet. She claims it was all a joke. pic.twitter.com/8EyPPaNKDW
— Myrt Price (@MPriceWFTV) September 3, 2018
Wow…
The original video in question appears to have originated on Facebook; you can see it (and the comments and reactions to it) by clicking HERE.
Already, the local police department in Florida is investigating after major public outcry to see whether there is a criminal aspect to this case (below):
The Leesburg Police Department has received multiple calls and messages about a recently shared Facebook video,…
Posted by Leesburg Police Department on Sunday, September 2, 2018
Stunning that someone would do this in the first place… even more stunning that they’d decide to share the video with anyone, not even thinking it could get out to the public…
[Image via Facebook.]