Jamoneisha Merritt an 11-year-old New York girl received second-degree burns after her friend allegedly poured boiling water on her at a sleepover earlier this week, as the result of a game called the “hot water challenge,” in which an unsuspecting victim has hot water was thrown on them. She was at a sleepover when a friend allegedly threw boiling water at her while she was sleeping early Monday morning. Her mother, Ebony, said Jamoneisha is in emotional and physical pain and that they are not letting the girl look at her injuries yet. She’s very sad, She’s emotionally messed up. She doesn’t understand why they did that to her. ''She thought they were her friends.”I was told that they didn’t like her. And they have just been bullying her,” Ebony continued.
“They’ve been on Snapchat. It’s been going on several times. The girl admitted it: ‘I don’t like her. I wanted to do it'.Jamoneisha suffered burns to her face, neck, shoulders and chest which came as the result of a game called the “hot water challenge,” in which an unsuspecting victim has hot water thrown on them, She was admitted to Harlem Hospital with second-degree burns and is now in stable condition, the 12-year-old girl who allegedly poured water on her was arrested and is now facing a felony assault charge.