The dad of a teen charged in the videotaped assault of Jackson Square security guards regrets the hype the video has received online.

"It became a media event, not on my son's account.Michael hasn't been doing any of that," Ron De Petrillo says.

His 18-year-old son Mike De Petrillo is charged with assault level II in the Labour Day attack.

The video - posted online by his friend and co-accused Tyler Rizzi - shows De Petrillo being called into the fight by his friends and then hitting a security guard in the head with a shoe.

Ron has watched the video and calls it "unfortunate," but defends his son's character.

"My boy was called into the situation and his reaction wasn't entirely mature.I wish we could maybe have met with the security guards and police to discuss," he says.

The video (published in two parts) begins inside the mall, where security guards asked the group - who had their bikes inside - to leave. After a standoff, the filming resumes outside where the guards continually ask them to leave.

According to Hamilton police, the guards, "left with no other option," attempted to arrest them under the Trespass to Property Act and to hold them until police arrived.

A struggle ensued and, as seen in the video, one officer is punched in the face and the other is hit in the face with a shoe, drawing blood. By the time police arrived, the men had fled.

He says he's taken away his son's cell phone and is optimistic the charges can be resolved outside of court.

It has come to light that De Petrillo's co-accused Tyler Rizzi, 24, faces additional charges from both before and after the Hamilton incident, Toronto Police spokesman Const.Victor Kwong says.

Just days before the Jackson Square confrontation, Rizzi was charged with threatening and an indecent act after refusing to leave a property in Leslieville in Toronto on Aug. 30.

On Sept. 11 he was charged with assaulting a security guard after a similar incident at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto, Kwong says.

On Sept. 14 he was also arrested on marijuana-related charges.

Kwong says Rizzi has prior charges "in the archives" including shoplifting and other offences.

The Rizzi family did not respond to interview requests Friday.

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De Petrillo says the two men are friends through the BMX community, and that they travel all over - including Hamilton - to film each other riding at different spots.

He has reached out to the security company "to see if they wanted to have a dialogue," but hasn't heard back.

"I know (my son) is really sorry and regretful for doing that. maybe he could spend some time as a security guard to find out what it's like for a couple weeks."