Suspects sought for beating friend over a burger

WXIA-TV, Atlanta

Show Caption Hide Caption Viral burger beating: Arrests expected soon Atlanta Police say they anticipate charges will be filed soon in the brutal attack and beating of a 23-year-old woman who accidentally sat on a friend's burger. Video of the attack was uploaded to the internet and quickly went viral.

ATLANTA — Police are investigating a brutal attack of a woman who says her two best friends beat her for nearly two hours after she sat on one of their hamburgers.

"She grabbed me off the couch and started hitting me," said Myriah Pointer, 23.

Pointer was still bruised on Thursday, and she said she was still shaken from what happened to her last Saturday night. She says what started as a night of drinking with her two best friends turned into a nightmare.

She says her friends started beating her after she accidentally sat on one of the girls' hamburgers.

"They held me down," she said. "Took turns; stomped my face in — did all kinds of things."

She says the beatings went on for two hours as she went in and out of consciousness. The beating was recorded and uploaded on the internet — including on the site WorldStarHipHop.com, a site known for shocking videos.

In the video, the girls can be seen striking Pointer repeatedly, stomping her in the head and pulling her hair — all while a man sat on the sofa holding a 3-year-old child.

"I just thought they were going to kill me," Pointer said.

Woman beat up after sitting on friend's hamburger An Atlanta woman was brutally beaten by her friends for two hours after sitting on one of their hamburgers.

Finally the girls gave her the phone back, and Pointer called her mother.

She has fractures on her face, two black eyes and two of her teeth are broken.

"I don't think anyone deserves that," she said, crying. "I can't understand it for nothing. It cannot be about a burger."

Late Thursday, both police and Pointer's sister say it is only a matter of time before there are arrests in the case.

Pointer's sister said a mutual friend is trying to convince the beating suspects to turn themselves in.

"There was a lot of good information obtained from the victim during the course of the meeting, and I expect charges are going to be forthcoming," said Atlanta Police Sgt. Greg Lyon. "Every phone has a camera. And all I can say is that offers great evidence in cases like these."