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Lalonde “was pretty upset” when he sent the video of the incident to Rubish, who decided to post it on his YouTube channel, which is followed by 67,000 people. “I thought it would get some playback within the power lifting community,” he said.

What the gym member did to the teen “was about as disrespectful a move as anyone could do — and kind of dangerous, too,” he said. “And it’s just bullying, which is why people are so outraged.”

In attacking Lalonde, “I think it came down to the guy picking on someone he thought would be an easy target,” he said. “I think that’s what sparked the outrage. It’s a classic example of someone not picking on someone his own size.”

The Buzzfit staff member who was suspended said he had just caught the end of the exchange between the two “and didn’t know what was going on,” Johnson said.

“He should have been on top of it to begin with. The poor kid in that situation shouldn’t have had to deal with that,” he said.

“It’s a terrible incident.”

He said Buzzfit has tried, without success so far, to contact Lalonde, and wants to offer him and his family a lifetime membership.

Lalonde could not be reached for comment on Sunday. Rubish said “from what I know, he is going to press charges, but I don’t know if he has.”

As of Sunday, Johnson said he had not been contacted by police.