Three held in attack, with anti-gay overtones, on two teens
NORTHWOODS • Two teens accused by an attacker of being gay were taped to chairs, beaten, thrown down stairs, burned with cigarettes, forced to wear women's underwear and made to shower and kiss each other at a house in Northwoods last year, prosecutors and police said.
The incident — involving victims 16 and 17 and at least four attackers — was recorded on cellphone videos and photos and posted on Facebook.
Pretrial hearings are set in St. Louis County Circuit Court later this month for Nicholas A. Nettles, now 20, and his brother Brandon D. Nettles, 22, both of the 6800 block of Pasadena Boulevard in Northwoods. A trial is set in August for Walter Worthan, 21, of the 3700 block of Avondale Avenue.
They were indicted Jan. 25 on two felony counts each of kidnapping, felonious restraint and sexual exploitation of a minor, and two misdemeanor charges of third-degree assault.
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