(April 14, 2008)—One of the eight teenagers charged in the videotaped beating of a classmate remained behind bars, after a seventh teen was released on bond Monday.
Authorities in Florida say Brittany Mayes was released on $33,000 bond.
Employees of the “Dr. Phil” talk show bailed out another girl, Mercades Nichols, over the weekend, but a show spokeswoman says the staffers were wrong to post the girl’s bond.
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Schumaker is still in jail.
The six girls and two boys are charged with kidnapping and misdemeanor batter for a violent beating that was captured on video and widely viewed on the Internet and on TV.
Prosecutors say the teens will be tried as adults.
The youngest is 14.