GoFundMe For Victim Tortured On Facebook Live Raises More Than $85KCHICAGO — Donations for the mentally disabled victim who was bound, beaten and tortured during a Facebook Live broadcast in Chicago surpassed $85,000 on the website GoFundMe Saturday (Jan. 7).
Bartlett Jackson, a GoFundMe regional communications manager, confirmed that the account is legitimate, and that the creator has been working with the young man’s family.
The GoFundMe campaign, “Let’s show the Chicago victim love,” has raised $85,231 as of Saturday morning from more than 2,900 donors.
Suspects Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper and Brittany Covington, all 18 years old, and 24-year-old Tanishia Covington, are charged with battery, kidnapping and hate crimes in connection to the attack of the 18-year-old victim.
Authorities say the suspects tied up the 18-year-old, who is from a Chicago suburb, for four to five hours.
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