Bullied Teen Commits Suicide After Masturbation Video Goes Viral
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After months of investigating, this is what the family knows so far. On Nov. 15, Matthew was kicked out of a classroom for eating sunflower seeds. His teacher gave him no direction on where to go or what to do (she didn't send him to the principal's office; she just told him to leave the class). That's when he went to the bathroom and reportedly began to masturbate in one of stalls. At that point, another student entered the bathroom and peered over the door. He used his phone to record Matthew masturbating. Video taping someone engaging in a sexual act without their consent is disturbing and completely horrifying on its own, but don't forget this is the age where everything gets shared on the Internet. Sure enough, the student immediately shared the footage via Snapchat and other social media sites.
That's where Matthew's nightmare began. I don't think we have to explain that high school students and sexually explicit material are a bad combination which only seem to lead to brutal torment from teenagers. As you can imagine, Matthew was relentlessly teased about the video. Mechak detailed the extent of the teasing, which went way past a few schoolyard bullies.
After two weeks of the bullying, Matthew reached his breaking point. His body was found on Nov. 29.
Let all of that sink in for a moment. A 14-year-old boy who was just barely beginning to experience life committed suicide because of a viral video. Because someone invaded his privacy and violated him in a gross and inhumane way. Because we live in an age where it's easier to click a button and "LOL OMG" than it is to actually think about what we're doing. There really aren't any words to describe how sickening that is.
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https://jezebel.com/bullied-teen-commits-suicide-after-masturbation-video-g-1605760110
According to this article, the student who filmed the video confessed to doing so and was arrested.
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