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Stepfather Threatens Lawsuit After Beating Of Daughter Caught On Phone

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 – updated: 9:50 am EDT October 17, 2007

The stepfather of an Orange County student wants some answers about a fight at Westridge Middle School. Two classmates beat up 12-year-old Natasha and the fight was captured by a student on a cell phone camera so that it could be uploaded onto a MySpace web page.

Natasha's stepfather wants to know why a substitute teacher, seen walking through the video, didn't do more to break up the fight. Natasha's parents said the experience has been humiliating for her and she refuses to return to school.

"My little girl, now she don't want to go to school. She's an 'A' student and we've worked hard for her to be that way and somebody's going to take that away from her," her stepfather, Daniel Rodriguez, said.

Rodriguez hired an attorney when he said he felt school administrators didn't take him seriously.

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