Izabel Laxamana: Girl takes her own life days after dad posts YouTube video to publicly shame her for bad behaviour

A 13-year-old girl has committed suicide after her dad publicly shamed her in a YouTube video.

Izabel Laxamana jumped from a bridge on May 29, just days after her dad Jeff cut off her hair and posted a video of the punishment online.

It has been reported locally that Izabel, from Tacoma, Washington, walked out of a car before jumping off a bridge onto Interstate 5 – the main highway on the US west coast.

She was taken to a Seattle hospital, where she died on Saturday.

Speculation is now growing about whether the 15-second video – which has been removed – led to Izabel's death.

Tacoma newspaper the New Tribune reported that the King County Medical Examiners’ office ruled the death as a suicide on Monday.

A spokesman for Tacoma Public Schools, where Izabel was a pupil, told the paper that counsellors met with staff at her school to help them support students after the girl’s death.

During the video, the girl can be seen looking into the camera as the lens pans to where her long dark locks lie scattered on the floor.

A male voice can be heard saying: “The consequences of getting messed up, man, you lost all that beautiful hair."

He then asks her: “Was it worth it?”

She replies "no" before he asks: “How many times did I warn you?”

She girl quietly replies: “A lot.”

It is still not clear why Izabel was in trouble with her father.

The News Tribune quotes reports on social media that the schoolgirl was upset after being banned from running for a position on the student body.

A statement said the girl did not have parental permission to participate as a candidate, and rumour-mongering was hurting efforts of students and staff to deal with the trauma of Izabel's death.

Blog Tacoma Stories claims that the public shaming could have led to Izabel's death and is a "form of abuse".

A post on the blog read: "There are those who will say that public shaming teaches a lesson. So does punching someone in the face. That doesn’t make it okay to do to your children.

"My thoughts are with this young girl. I hope that she gets the help she needs." 

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Man is suing actress for 'staring' at him from TV and causing him 'spiritual damage'

A man is suing a famous actress for staring at him from the TV.

Zhao Wei is one of China's most famous stars and has been appearing in on the prime-time ratings winner Tiger Mom since it started in May.

The China Times reports from the People's Court of Shanghai Pudong's New District that the man has become upset with her intense stares and has accused her of causing "spiritual damage".

The actress' character is described as "emotionally unstable", giving piercing stares to her husband and daughter in the drama.

The man is seeking compensation, but it's not the weirdest lawsuit to be taken up.

Chinese publication Legal Daily, according to The Shanghaiist, reports that there's been an increase in unusual lawsuits in the last month following the adoption of a new system of processing court cases.

These include a lawyer taking legal recourse against a judge citing health damage following the judge's failure to call for a break during proceedings.

Connecticut high school teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

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Kayla Mooney, 24, who teaches at Danbury High School, was arrested and charged with second-degree sexual assault and distributing alcohol to a minor.

"We are all very disappointed that this has happened to one of our faculty members," he said.

Perhaps even more shocking than Mooney's arrest, however, is that it's only the latest sexual misconduct charge against a southwest Connecticut teacher.

On Feb. 11 former Wilton public schools teacher and Sacred Heart University instructor Timothy Leonard was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault involving a 14-year-old boy.

Police said the 37-year-old was found in a movie theater parking lot with the teen after they engaged in an intimate act, the Fairfield Sun reported.

Former Bethel first-grade teacher Brian Stroh also resigned on Feb. 19 after charged with sexually abusing three children, ages 6, 9 and 11, the News Times reported.

A Connecticut high school teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a student and distributing alcohol to a minor — making the third sexually-related arrest of a teacher in the area since February.

Kayla Mooney, 24, who is on paid leave from Danbury High School, turned herself in Tuesday following a seven-week investigation, the News Times reported.

The first-year science teacher was charged with felony second-degree sexual assault and the misdemeanor alcohol charge.

Sal Pascarella, the superintendent of the city's schools, would not provide details about the allegations against Mooney, only telling the News Times that the alleged incident happened off campus late last year. VIA http://www.nydailynews.com/

Oklahoma teacher busted for nude texts with student: cops

An Oklahoma teacher faces sex crime charges after a former student’s parents uncovered a cache of her naked photos on their kid’s phone, authorities said.

Whitney Fetters, 28, traded at least 20 nudes with the 14-year-old boy in a string of X-rated texts, according to court documents.

Putnam City police issued an arrest warrant for the middle school Spanish teacher after the boy’s parents learned of the relationship and called the cops.

Fetters turned herself in on Wednesday and posted $10,000 bail, The Oklahoman reported.

The randy teacher began texting the boy two years ago when he was one of her students at Hefner Middle School, authorities said.

The messages turned dirty as he entered high school, according to court documents cited by ABC 13.

“Touching myself is fun,” Fetters wrote in one message, court documents said.

A sexy shot of the teacher in lingerie included the teasing message, “That’s all you get.”

Cops raided her house and confiscated her phone, computers and even the undergarments she allegedly modeled in photos, News 9 reported.

The boy had tried erasing messages and pictures when confrontated by his parents, but detectives were able to recover the erotic evidence, authorities said.

Fetters was planning an overnight hookup with her underage boyfriend before the kid’s parent and police intervened, cops said.

She faces charges of indecent exposure, lewd proposals to a child younger than 16 and soliciting sex with a minor.

Fetters was removed from the classroom after allegations surfaced, school officials said.

Mentally ill man freed in China after 8 YEARS locked inside iron cage

A mentally ill man has been freed after spending the past eight years locked in a cage in south-China.

Hong Zhengqu has spent the best part of the last decade in a rusty 10sqft cage in Jinjiang, Fujian Province.

Mr Hong’s situation only came to light recently when his mother, who had cared for him, passed away.

His family locked him inside cage after he was diagnosed with severe psychological problems and became aggressive.

Mr Hong was rescued from his cage by a group of volunteers, local government officials and policemen.

Mr Hong has now been found a place at a nearby psychiatric home where he will be cared for

Although Mr Hongs’ family’s behaviour may appear cruel and inhumane, this is not unheard of in rural China where there has been several cases of, mainly men, locked in cages for years.

Families are uneducated about what is causing their behaviour, which can sometimes be aggressive towards themselves and others, and believe they are doing them a favour by caging them.

In other cases previously reported by MailOnline, families living in poverty have not been able to pay for psychiatric care for their loved ones.Read more: dailymail.co.uk