Eight teenagers from Polk County who videotaped a beating they gave to a teenage girl appeared in court for the first time.

The bails set for them by Judge Angela Cowden are between $30,000 and $37,000, after prosecutors announced they would charge the teenagers as adults with kidnapping and misdemeanor battery.

The teens, aged between 14 and 18, could be sentenced to life in prison if they are convicted.

The videotaped beating released by Polk County Sheriff’s Office was one of the five fights that were filmed for 30 minutes. During the violent half an hour, the victim was slammed with her head on the wall, losing consciousness. When she woke up, she found herself surrounded by the six teenage girls who had kept hitting her all this time.

Bail conditions for the teenagers forbid the six girls from seeing each other or contacting one another in any way. They are also not allowed to contact the victim, Victoria Lindsay, 16, or the victim’s family. The girls are home arrested, being allowed to leave their homes only to come in court. Visiting Mulberry High School, as well as the Wing House restaurant in Lakeland, where Victoria has worked in the past month is also forbidden. Cindy Sarcen, general counsel for the restaurant where Victoria is employed, said that Wing House would do everything possible to protect their employee. She said the restaurant’s staff considered the six girls “horrible” and they all supported Victoria and hoped she could return back to work soon.

Thursday, a spokesman for YouTube announced all copies of the videotaped beating would be removed from the website, after the parents of Victoria Lindsay asked the site to stop broadcasting videos portraying such physical attacks.

The incident that has been all over the news shocked not only the persons familiar with the teenagers involved in the brutal attacking, but people around the world. Victoria Lindsay was reportedly lured by a group of six girls and was beat with absolutely no remorse.

Apparently, the beating was filmed in order to be posted on YouTube, so the violent teenagers could become popular. Investigators informed the reason of the violent attack was some unfriendly remark made by Victoria about the group of girls.

On the girls’ accounts on MySpace, upset people posted comments scolding them and expressing their gratitude for the judge’s decision to set a high bail. Another bail condition is that the charged teenagers stay away from YouTube and MySpace.

The video raised once more the problem of protecting children from websites or TV programs that include violent content.