Drew Carey Offers Reward to Find Teens Behind Awful Ice Bucket Prank

[Brent]

The ALS ice bucket challenge has for the most part done nothing but great things for a good cause – until a couple of teens from Bay Village High School near Cleveland, Ohio, used it to pull a horrible prank on a 14-year-old student with autism.

After asking the teen to take the challenge, instead of filling the bucket with water and ice, they filled it with urine, feces and spit – and recorded the whole thing on the victim's phone, posting it to Instagram.

The teen's mother found the video, and alerted the school and police.

On Saturday, TV funnyman Drew Carey, 56, who was born and raised in Cleveland, brought the incident to national attention when he offered a $10,000 reward via Twitter to find the kids responsible for the sick joke.

"If the Bay Village PD wants to start a reward fund to find who did this, contact me. I'll donate $10K," he posted.

Bay Village school officials have said they will take disciplinary actions against the students behind the prank, and in a statement sent to students, parents and faculty, said: "It hurts us deeply to see such a wonderful effort twisted to deliberately cause someone pain. We are supporting our Bay Village Police Department as they vigilantly work to complete their investigation in this case."

Some students held a vigil before the school's Friday night football game in support of anti-bullying efforts.

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[Nitro]

Go Drew!
This event was very uncalled for...those who participated should be tried as adults...I hope this ball doesn't get dropped

 

[dudeman]

I've always liked Drew Carey and this just gives me one more reason to. Read his autobiography sometime (It's called "Dirty Jokes And Beer"). He's a pretty cool guy.

 

[artfull dodger]

I read that the police have suspects but are not saying who they are yet. The investigation continues. I have high praise for Drew Carey and the other celebrities that have helped bring this instance of bullying to the forefront of the news. And the support they are giving to this young man. Mike

 

[Ericho]

I'm not all that surprised. I mean, I can see how being covered in ice would result in something bad.

 

[GoofKing]

That's effing disgusting what these kids did and I praise Drew for offering an award to find the sickos who've done this to the poor kid :/

Although I don't fully understand the ice bucket challenge, there's always somebody who has to ruin the fun for everyone else by abusing it for their own sick means ....

I hope those kids are found and brought to justice !

 

[Flinty]

Although I don't fully understand the ice bucket challenge, there's always somebody who has to ruin the fun for everyone else by abusing it for their own sick means ....

I hope those kids are found and brought to justice !

The reward is pointless because the authorities know who did it and can find them readily. They're just trying to figure out charges and whether the school can mete out punishment.

The ice bucket challenge is basically legalized extortion. (Give money or be punished. And $100 is a lot of money to many people.)