No guys, this is horrible.

A school in Denver, Colorado, is under the spotlight after a video emerged showing a number of cheerleaders being forced into the splits.

Some of the learners can even be heard screaming “please stop”, and I suppose a decent starting point is that five employees at the high school have been placed on administrative leave.

NY Post reports:

Ally Wakefield, a 13-year-old incoming freshman cheerleader at East High School, can be seen in one 24-second clip being forcefully held down by four people — three teammates and newly hired cheerleading coach Ozell Williams…

Wakefield’s father, Eric Wakefield, told The Post that he’s been unable to sleep since the videos surfaced and claimed his daughter is being cyberbullied by classmates, teammates and even strangers in connection to the video. He also claimed that Williams threatened to kick anyone off the team if footage or information related to the team’s practices got leaked.

Let’s go to the video – a warning, the beginning of this video is pretty full on:

WTF America?

[source:nypost]