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A horrified teenage girl found out she’d been raped while blackout drunk at a party in Florida when another teen shared sick footage of it on social media, according to police.

The girl, who was only identified as being between 12 and 18, “became intoxicated to the point of losing consciousness” at the Sept. 23 bash with other underage-drinking teens in Plant City, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

“It was during this vulnerable state that Daniel Brown, 17, raped the unconscious victim,” the sheriff’s office alleged.

Another partygoer, Ethan Eures, 18, filmed the sex attack and spread it on social media, the statement said. 

The next day, “the victim became aware of the sexual battery through the video footage that Eures had captured,” the sheriff’s office said.

“She contacted detectives, and both Brown and Eures confessed to their despicable actions.”


  Daniel Brown, 17, admitted to raping the victim while she was unconscious, the sheriff’s office said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Daniel Brown, 17, admitted to raping the victim while she was unconscious, the sheriff’s office said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

Brown was arrested on Sept. 28 on a charge of sexual battery by a person between 12 and 18.

Eures turned himself in at Orient Road Jail the next day on two counts of promotion of a sexual performance by a child and one count of unlawful use of a two-way communications device, the force said.

“I am disgusted at the actions of these individuals who exploited someone in such a vulnerable state,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said.


  Ethan Eures, 18, admitted to videotaping the attack and uploading the footage to social media, the sheriff’s office said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Ethan Eures, 18, admitted to videotaping the attack and uploading the footage to social media, the sheriff’s office said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

“I extend my deepest sympathies to this young woman and admire her bravery in coming forward to our deputies.”

Eures was released shortly after his arrest on surety bond, jail records showed. Brown’s current status is unclear.

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