From ABC News (with video):

A resident with intellectual disabilities who is seen in the “fight club” video filmed by staffers at the state institution in Corpus Christi, Texas, tells ABC News he was “very scared.” His family said authorities twice denied he was being victimized.

In the cellphone video released last week, George Brazil, 44, is shown being chased through the halls trying to get away from staff forcing him to fight and crying, “I’ll behave.”

His sister, Michelle Crayton, said she did not find out what had been happening to her brother until the video aired on television, and said she believes officials were “trying to cover up.”

“They were bad,” Brazil told ABC News. “It was bad because I was scared, you know. I mean I was very scared.” Brazil has resided at the Corpus Christi state school for over 20 years.

“George is still afraid to talk about it,” said his sister. “They told him if he ever told anyone about the story that he could get stitches, ‘ if you snitch, you get stitches’.”

Earlier post here.

(ABC News photo: George Brazil in fight club video, left, and in interview)

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