prudential. bring your challenges. next tonight here, the video sparking outrage. showing a high school freshman during cheerleading camp. did the coach go too far? tonight, that student s mother now speaking out, and here s abc s clayton sandell. reporter: in this video, which is hard to watch, the cheering is replaced by a lot of pleading. that is freshman cheerleader, ally wakefield. her mother says this video shows her daughter being forced into the splits, held down by the coach, ozell williams. i saw girls being tortured to the point where their screams and cries sounded like a serial killer had come after them. reporter: the video was recorded in june at a cheer camp in east high school in denver. it didn t feel right. somebody had attacked my little girl, and people sat around and let it happen, and nobody stopped them, and she was begging him to stop, and he kept
interview on nbc, where she insisted it was all james dimaggio s doing. he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn t know the address or, like, where i was, so i had to tell him the address and tell him that i was going to be in the gym and not in fwroront of the school, just he knew where to come get me. reporter: lora dimaggio, while offering no evidence, disputes that. in my heart of hearts, i think that hannah perhaps got herself into a situation that she couldn t get herself out of and i do believe that my brother gave his life to protect her. reporter: finally, dimaggio says she wants to see more evidence from investigators. evidence not likely to come as the investigation is closed. miguel marquez joins us if los angeles. so i imagine that hannah anderson s family are reacting to this in some way. what did they say about the interview?
telling my brother she s trouble. reporter: last week, hannah anderson broke her silence in an interview on nbc, where she insisted it was all james dimaggio s doing. he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn t know the address or, like, where i was, so i had to tell him the address and tell him that i was going to be in the gym and not in front of the school, just so he knew where to come get me. reporter: lora dimaggio, while offering no evidence, disputes that. in my heart of hearts, i think that hannah perhaps got herself into a situation that she couldn t get herself out of and i do believe that my brother gave his life to protect her. reporter: finally, dimaggio says she wants to see more evidence from investigators. evidence not likely to come as the investigation is closed. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. we are keeping a very close eye, keeping tabs on the situation in syria, and coming
that at this point my brother is still a suspect. he is not a killer. he is accused. and, again, it is alleged. lora dimaggio holds out the possibility her 40-year-old brother is a victim, casting blame on 16-year-old hannah anderson. the hannah anderson that i saw a few nights ago on the tv is certainly not the girl that stayed at my home three weeks prior to them disappearing. what do you mean? what do you mean? i remember very vividly telling my brother, she s trouble. last week hannah anderson broke her silence in an interview on nbc where she insisted it was all james dimaggio s doing. he was picking me up from cheer camp and he didn t know the address or what like where i was so i had to tell him
but taking the discussion online brought mixed results from myriad messages of support, stay strong and know that many are praying for you, to speculation and skepticism. why are you talking about this on social media? are you sure you re a victim? you seem completely fine about it. hannah told nbc that posting online seemed only natural. it just helps me grieve, like post pictures and to show how i m feeling. but the results stung. i didn t know people could be so cruel. on the today show, she also addressed some of the lingering issues, like the 13 phone calls with dimaggio the day she disappeared. the phone calls weren t phone calls. they were texts. because he was picking me up from cheer camp, and he didn t know the address. and the letters from her found in dimaggio s house.