Teen instructs girlfriend to put 'brutal beating' on 16-year-old girl for flirting with him: Cops

An Idaho teen unleashed a "brutal beating" connected a 16-year-old girl playing hoops astatine a parkland aft being told by her boyfriend that the unfortunate was flirting with him, cops say.

Kierstan Leann Morgan, 19, of Idaho Falls, is facing a complaint of felony aggravated battery aft attacking the teen astatine Tautphaus Park successful Idaho Falls successful May 2025, according to tribunal documents obtained by East Idaho News.

Morgan was astatine the parkland with her boyfriend, Jiler Hainsworth, who was 17 astatine the time, erstwhile the unfortunate says the young pistillate began accusing her of flirting with Hainsworth. The teen was playing hoops with a radical of friends erstwhile Hainsworth told Morgan that she was flirting with him, the tribunal documents say.

Video obtained by constabulary shows Morgan allegedly mounting upon the teen portion yelling and threatening her. The unfortunate tried to locomotion distant but Morgan punched and pushed her to the ground, mounted her, past started grabbing her caput by the hairsbreadth and slamming her look into the ground, according to cops.

Police accidental the unfortunate believes she passed retired during the assault, arsenic she doesn't retrieve overmuch of what happened aft being pushed to the ground. She was taken to a section infirmary and treated for an injured mouth, escaped teeth, look swelling, bruises and abrasions connected her head, look and arms.

The tribunal documents picture the onslaught arsenic a "brutal beating," with Hainsworth allegedly telling bystanders helium would wounded them if they stepped in, East Idaho News reports.

Hainsworth was identified done the combat footage; erstwhile constabulary questioned him astir what happened helium was wearing the aforesaid apparel helium allegedly had connected successful the video. He was reportedly precise rude to cops and claimed helium didn't commencement the fight, per police.

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Hainsworth was charged with felony aggravated battery, felony witnesser intimidation and misdemeanor battle aft being arrested successful aboriginal February.

If convicted, Morgan volition look a imaginable 15-year situation condemnation portion Hainsworth volition look up to 20 years successful prison. Hainsworth is owed successful tribunal connected Feb. 27 for a preliminary hearing. Morgan is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected March 10 for a pretrial conference. They're some presently retired connected bond, according to online tribunal and jailhouse records.