A Florida mother was caught after arriving at her daughter’s bus stop to take part in a fight her daughter started with another teenager.
In the footage, Kathryn Stephanopoulos, 34, can be seen wearing shorts as she places the teen in a headlock, allowing her daughter to pummel her high school nemesis with repeated blows.
During the altercation, one onlooker described the boxing mother as “beautiful.”
Stephanopoulos now faces charges of aggravated child abuse after Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested her on Monday.
According to the department, the woman’s daughter agreed to fight with another student as soon as they got off the school bus.
The two are said to have started arguing after falling out over the summer, with Stephanopoulos waiting at the bus stop after being told about the arranged fight.
Another person, seen here on the left, intervenes in the fight to remove Stephanopoulos from the fray, but instead tightens his grip on the teenager.
The two teens began arguing after fighting over the summer, with the mother waiting at the bus stop after being told about the arrangement.
Images taken from the school bus show Stephanopoulos putting the girl in a headlock and, according to authorities, restricting her breathing.
Stephanopoulos’ daughter can be seen wearing a brown shirt, while the other student is seen wearing a white one, Stephanopoulos is wearing shorts and a green blouse.
After the two begin to fight, one onlooker can be heard describing Stephanopoulos as “beautiful.”
Kathryn Stephanopoulos, 34, was arrested by Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Monday following the incident last Thursday.
Finally, the mother steps between the two and grabs the girl by the white shirt while her daughter throws savage punches at her.
Another person intervenes in the fight to remove Stephanopoulos from the fray, but instead tightens his hold on the teenager.
The fights then break up into separate incidents, and that’s when your daughter fights with the person who tried to intervene.
As school children scream from the bus windows, Stephanopoulos can be seen continuing to wrestle the teenager on the ground.
Eventually, an unknown person breaks up the fight and a person is heard shouting from the bus: “Your mother is going to jail.”
The two groups continue to argue as they walk away from each other, and police say one of the teens hit Stephanopoulos with a metal cup.
One juvenile was also arrested for aggravated assault, while another juvenile’s misdemeanor charges were referred to the State Attorney’s Office.
As school children scream from the bus windows, Stephanopoulos can be seen continuing to wrestle the teenager on the ground.
Sheriff Rick Staly said: ‘Instead of calming the situation, we have a mother who joined in the fight, setting a bad example for her son and those at the bus stop.
“She certainly won’t be getting the mother of the year award for her actions. Parents should lead by example and not be part of the problem.
‘Luckily, no one was seriously injured, but now a mother faces serious charges for losing control of her temper.’
Stephanopoulos was taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Center. She has since been released on $1,000 bail, online jail records show.
According to an arrest affidavit seen by Fox 35It said: ‘It should be noted that Kathryn expressed regret and embarrassment over the entire incident.’