According to Sunday World a video showing a woman
from Trinidad and Tobago savagely whipping her 12-
year-old daughter for posting provocative photos of
herself on Facebook has gone viral.
Helen Bartlett, a mother of four from Point Fortin, is
seen on the video beating her daughter while shouting
abuse at her – generating huge date in the country on
corporal punishment.
On Wednesday, Bartlett’s daughter and her older sister
uploaded a separate video, expressing support for their
mother.
The brutal attack last Sunday in the Bartletts’ apartment
came after the mother discovered a text message
exchange between the 12-year-old girl and a boy her
age, who was trying to convince her to have s3x with
him.
After the mother read the messages, she accessed her
daughter’s Facebook profile and found photos of the girl
posing ‘seductively’ in her und3rwear.
Mrs Bartlett was interviewed by a local radio station
earlier this week, the woman declared she was
‘prepared to go to jail’ to set her wayward young
daughter on the right path, Trinidad Express reported.
She only expressed regret that the video has gained
such notoriety.
Ms Bartlett explained that since the girl’s father, a
police officer, left them, she has exhausted all avenues
trying to keep her daughter on the straight and narrow.
She said: “I stand firmly by my decision. I will go to jail
for it.
“I know people are saying the authorities should charge
me for abuse.”
The girl has not been to school since the video went
viral, and her mother said she has been preparing her
for potential bullying and mockery from her classmates.
Speaking about the incident, the 12-year-old at the
centre of the controversy said: “I am very sorry for
bringing shame on you and the family.
“I know you love me dearly. And I love you dearly, too.”
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