Charges:
Felony Kidnapping with intent to terrorize and/or cause bodily injury
Misdemeanor battery
Tampering with a witness
Facts:
17-years old
Is being represented by a public defender, as opposed to a private attorney
Once lived in Perry County, Kentucky
Can be seen in the video locking the front door when the lights are off.
Has a sister, Elizabeth Hardcastle, in Kentucky
Is the most violent assailant in the beating
Is the one wearing the pink pants in the video
Physically blocked the front door and held onto the doorknob while telling the victim: "No, you're not leaving."
Took a final still photograph (click here to see it) after the beating while Tori was packing her belongings
Her father has a lengthy criminal record (click here to see information on his most recent arrest)
She herself has no unsealed criminal records prior to this beating
Currently lives with her mother in her grandfather's, Charles Platt's, residence (the residence is listed in his name only)
House arrest lifted on June 26th.
Speculation:
Re-established contact with Mercades Nichols after a long absence just seven days before the beating took place. Click here to see a comment she posted on Mercades' MySpace page just seven days before the beating took place asking "what's new."
Analysis:
Was very stonefaced most of the time at her bond hearing. Did show some emotion (pursing of lips and closing eyes) when the judge said she was setting bond at $30,000
Will likely face actual prison time if convicted of all the charges.
Questions:
Does she have a tendency to commit violence?
How severe is her anger management problem?
Why did she harbor so much ill feeling toward the victim?
Was this her first time assaulting and battering someone?
Was she typically a bully, or was she someone who was bullied?
She has several abandoned MySpace accounts, why did she constantly register new ones?
Why did she care so much about who Tori was allegedly dating?
Did she intimidate and/or manipulate the other assailants into participating?
Links:
Current MySpace Account
Old MySpace #1
Old MySpace #2
Old MySpace #3
Newer photos of Brittini taken after the beating and posted on the MySpace of her boyfriend's mother
(Note that for some reason she registers her MySpace accounts under BRITTNI and not BRITTINI)
