Father who beat 16-year-old boy in Youtube brawl faces ten years in prison

A father who beat a 16-year-old boy in a YouTube video, smashing his face until his teeth broke through, is facing years in jail.

Gary Johnson of Palm Bay, Florida fainted moments after his verdict was read in court Friday, finding him guilty of battery, child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disorderly conduct.

Johnson, 35, faces up to 57 years in prison though he's expected by prosecutors and his defense to see 10.

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Guilty: Gary Johnson, 35, was found guilty of four counts related to a backyard beating of a 16-year-old that went viral on YouTube last summer

The video posted to YouTube last August shows Johnson at 6ft, 5in and 220 pounds towering over the 16-year-old boy who leans toward him defensively in Johnson's backyard.

After refereeing a fistfight that Johnson's son, not shown in the video, lost in, Johnson stood up to his son's competitor for his own match.

'I was all adrenalin-ed up,' said the injured teen in court Friday, according to My Fox Orlando.

Charges: Johnson fainted moments after his verdict was read in court, finding him guilty of battery, child abuse, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disorderly conduct

Johnson's defence argued that the teen provoked him after bumping chests with him and offering some engaging words.

'You uttered a challenge to him,' a prosecutor repeated to the teen in court Friday.



'Yes sir,' he replied.



Argument: Johnson's defense argued the teen had chosen to challenge him, despite their age and size difference, that ultimately faces Johnson with a possible 57-year prison sentence

Scene: The two engaged following a fight between the 16-year-old and Johnson's son in the Florida backyard which the teen had won

Beating: Johnson appeared relentless in the attack, continually beating the teen in the face after he had crumpled to the floor

'Your response to that, when he pushed you away, you didn't back off again?'



'No,' the teen answered.



In the video the two defensively stand face-to-face with both individual's muscles clenched.

After the first shove of the teen into Johnson, he fires back at the boy knocking him to the ground.

Injuries: The teen, seen here in court but not identified, said he blacked out during the beating waking to a split eyebrow and his teeth pushed back with some through his lip

Johnson repeatedly punches the boy in the face, occasionally pausing in what looks like effort to turn him back facing him before striking again.

The teen says he remembers falling to the ground and being hit by Johnson but blacked out after that.

'I had a split eyebrow, and my teeth were pushed back,' the teen said. 'The inside of my lip was tore, well my teeth were penetrated through my lip, and the front of my teeth still now are numbed.'