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Trampoline park video: police and park respond in Thousand Oaks

A bystander filmed the confrontation at a Sky Zone in Thousand Oaks and the clip is now spreading online; the boy's identity is being withheld.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 3:32 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “Shocking moment thug throttles young boy at California trampoline park”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 3:32 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
Topics: California.

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New York PostShocking moment thug throttles young boy at California trampoline park

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWelcome back. A witness at the Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Thousand Oaks, California, filmed a grown man grabbing a young boy by the throat.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post published the video this afternoon. We are not showing the child, and we are not describing more than we have to.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe boy is a minor, so his face stays off our screen. That part we can all agree on.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorParents take their kids to a padded room with springs on the floor, and the danger is the adult next to them.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe data we have does not say who the man is, or whether the park or police have acted.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo we are not guessing. When there is an update, you will hear it from us.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSomebody filmed it, though.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is why we have it at all. A bystander with a phone is how this became a public story.