Cheerleaders suspended for forcing new recruits to wear diapers and hitting them with hot dogs



A group of cheerleaders have been suspended after shooting new recruits with squirt guns, hitting them with hot dogs and forcing them to wear diapers.

The Jackson High School cheerleaders, from Everett, were said to have broken the district's athletic code that forbids humiliating initiation ceremonies, also known as hazing.

Some parents have tried to overturn the suspensions but to no avail.

Hazing: Jackson High School, in Everett, has suspended cheerleaders they believe were conducting humiliating initiation rituals

Violation: The older cheerleaders allegedly made the new members wear diapers, then shot them with squirt guns and hit them with hot dogs (picture blurred to protect their identity)

Everett School District said in a statement: 'When students make poor choices, it is disappointing to us, just as it is disappointing to parents. We hope, as parents do, that each action with appropriate consequences is a positive learning experience.'

A mother of an accused cheerleader said the alleged hazing happened inside her home in Bothell.

In 2008, seven cheerleaders from the Morton Ranch High School in Texas were indicted on hazing charges after they duct taped the recruits' hands together and threw them into a swimming pool.