• On March 21, 19-year-old Trent Lehrkamp was left unresponsive at a hospital after a celebration.
• Preliminary studies mentioned the teenager was tortured, however a police investigation discovered that is not the case.
• 5 individuals have been charged on Monday with misdemeanors associated to the evening of the incident.

5 individuals have been arrested Monday in connection to a drunken get together that left a Georgia teenager on a ventilator and affected by “trauma, PTSD, and grief” — however the district legal professional who charged the group harassed that preliminary studies that the teenager had been crushed in a hazing incident weren’t correct.

Following a drunken get together on the evening of March 21, an unresponsive Trent Lehrkamp was dumped at a hospital with a blood-alcohol content material of .46, coated in spray paint, and smelling of urine, Insider beforehand reported. He spent a number of weeks on a ventilator and the FBI joined native regulation enforcement in investigating the incident, The New York Put up reported.

However “he was not tortured,” The Put up reported Glynn County, Georgia, District Lawyer Keith Higgins advised reporters on Monday saying costs in opposition to two adults and three youngsters associated to the get together. “On March 21…Trent voluntarily drank alcohol till he blacked out. Nobody poured alcohol down his throat or pressured him to drink. Nobody pushed a funnel down his throat.”

Police initially characterised the incident as hazing, and native information outlet WSAZ reported images and video taken through the get together, and a earlier get together a number of days prior — together with video of him being sprayed with a hose whereas sitting in a white garden chair — indicated a sample of abusive conduct.

A GoFundMe web page arrange by Erika Keller, a buddy of Lehrkamp’s, alleged within the preliminary fundraising request that the perpetrators of Lehrkamp’s assault “weren’t buddies, however vile and abusive perpetrators who would go on to torture, humiliate, and assault him in inhumane, terrifying methods for hours.”

However, when saying the misdemeanor costs associated to the incident, Higgins mentioned Lehrkamp “consented to being washed off with a hose” and was doubtless saved by the actions taken by the kids current that evening, The Put up reported.

Higgins added that misinformation concerning the incident, circulated via social media, contributed to the delay in urgent any costs associated to that evening, The Brunswick Information reported. 

In a press release emailed to Insider, Glynn County Police Division officers indicated the investigation will stay ongoing “till all leads have been exhausted.”

Representatives for Higgins didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.

Rooker Pastime and two unnamed juveniles face costs associated to that evening, although not for his or her actions towards Lehrkamp. Pastime, a 17-year-old, was charged with battery for actions unrelated to Lehrkamp in opposition to a unique sufferer, The Put up reported. 

One of many youthful teenagers was charged with easy battery and trespassing, whereas the opposite faces costs of possession and use of drug-related objects, The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported. Carlton and Lauren Strother have been charged with sustaining a disorderly home and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, based on the outlet.

“Rooker Pastime and the juveniles that accompanied him simply did not drop him off on the outdoors,” Higgins mentioned, per The Put up. “They went inside, bought medical personnel to return outdoors and take him in in order that he may get the medical care that he wanted. They then left their right names and phone numbers earlier than leaving.”

In a press release posted to the GoFundMe web page on Sunday, previous to the costs being introduced, Lehrkamp — who Insider beforehand reported is receiving out-of-state psychological and bodily well being care — mentioned, “I do know that I am not a cat with 9 lives. I have a look at it like baseball, three strikes and also you’re out. I wish to be alive. I wish to be with my household,” including that he is “on a observe that offers with trauma, PTSD, and grief.”

“I wish to get properly,” Lehrkamp wrote. “I need y’all to be happy with me.”

For the reason that fundraiser was posted, Keller has raised $133,000 with Lehrkamp listed as a beneficiary. Keller and Lehrkamp didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.