wrestling moves on her, will spend three years in a secure
juvenile facility.
Armstrong Desvallons was sentenced Tuesday after admitting
that he threw his body and elbow into 5-year-old Viloude
Louis' chest about 20 times in June, when he was supposed to
be babysitting her, according to The Times-Picayune. He was
practicing moves like the "John Cena Slam" and the "Mark
Henry Slam," named for wrestlers from World Wrestling
Entertainment — but there were no fake moves here.
Louis suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding and liver lacerations from the beating, which occurred at their
Terrytown, LA., home, the New York Daily News reports.
Desvallons pleaded guilty last month and is expected to undergo treatment for grief, trauma and anger in a juvenile
facility. He originally faced a sentence of up to five years,
AL.com reports. He could potentially be released sooner than
three years, depending on his progress in treatment.
On Tuesday, members of the church where Desvallons'
family worshiped offered to take the boy into probationary
custody, but Judge Andrea Price Janzen declined. The church
members described Desvallons as a good kid, while Louis'
stepfather reportedly called him disrespectful and argued that
he'd do it again given the chance.
Quote From The Times-Picayune:
Armstrong's mother, Allourdes Desvallons, told Janzen that
Viloude was "very special" to her and she appeared to resign
her son's fate to the judge."What he did, it's like he ended
my life," Desvallons told Janzen through a Creole Haitian-
speaking interpreter. "What the judge would decide, I would
comply."
WWE released this statement:
"The death of Viloude Louis is a tragedy and we express our condolences. WWE supports Judge Janzen's summation that the 13-year-old boy absolutely knew that he was hurting his 5-year-old little sister.
Therefore, it is illogical to conclude that the brutal and ultimately fatal beating of a 5-year-old little girl by a teenager
could be confused with imitation of WWE moves seen on TV."
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