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13-year-old girl takes her own life after being publicly shamed by her dad.

Warning: This post is about suicide and could be triggering from some readers. 

A 13-year-old girl named Izabel Laxamana recently took her own life.

Izabel was reportedly left devastated after her father posted a video online of the moments after he cut all of her hair off.

And now family and friends are questioning whether or not that video led to Izabel’s death.

It is unclear what Izabel was in trouble for, but in the video she can be seen sitting at a table while her father berates her for “getting all messed up”.

As a result, he cut off Izabel’s long black hair and posted a video of it online.

While the father’s video has been taken down, a copy later emerged.

In the video, a man presumed to be Izabel’s father, can be heard saying: “The consequences of getting all messed up? Man, you lost all that beautiful hair.”

He pans the camera between his daughter and a pile of her hair on the ground.

“Was it worth it?” The man asks.

“No,” Izabel responds.

Shortly after Izabel’s death, a local blog blamed the video for her suicide.

“Public shaming is a form of abuse,” it said.

“There are those who will say that it teaches a lesson. So does punching someone in the face. That doesn’t make it okay to do to your children.”

A website and Facebook page, Justice for Izabel, has emerged to raise awareness of public online shaming and calling for Izabel’s father to be prosecuted.

If this post brought up any issues for you, or you just feel like you need someone to talk to after reading it, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 at any time of the day or night.

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