A 6-year-old boy was forced by his father to run on a treadmill because he was “too fat,” a video played inside Superior Court in New Jersey’s Ocean City suggested. Despite falling multiple times the father of the kid seen in the footage kept on pushing the former to run. The young child could not survive and later died due to blunt force injuries with cardiac and liver contusions with acute inflammation. Corey Micciolo’s case was heard today.
Christopher Gregor, father of Micciolo, is facing a trial for allegedly killing his son. The alleged child abuse took place at the Atlantic Heights Clubhouse fitness center in March 2021. The young boy died days after the incident, where despite injuries he was forced to run on a treadmill, as per the footage obtained by CourtTV.com.
NEW: Mother breaks down in court as she watches her son’s father abuse her child by making him run on the treadmill because he was “too fat.”
New Jersey father Christopher Gregor is accused of killing his 6-year-old son Corey Micciolo.
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The disturbing video showed Gregor biting Corey’s head after the latter fell off multiple times due to the exercise machine’s excessive speed. Knowing that the child was unable to run, footage captured Gregor walking up to the treadmill to increase the speed time and again.
At one point when the little boy’s legs gave up, Gregor lifted him and made him stand on the treadmill. Corey’s knees folded back and the youngster gets back on before he stumbles off again. The struggle to stay on the machine leads to finally forcing the father to lower the inclination and speed. Now, the 31-year-old is facing charges such as first-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child.
The first witness to testify was the boy’s mother, Bre Micciolo, who broke down in tears as she saw the horrifying footage. Bre Micciolo, according to the US Sun outlet, reported her son’s injuries to the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency a few days before his death.