Coaches and school administrators have been placed on leave, and police are investigating videos showing high school cheerleaders being forced into the splits.

Williams said that prior to the splits exercise, he explained the split stretch to the cheerleaders, and they were told that being able to perform a split was critical to cheerleading.

A Denver cheerleading coach is under fire after several videos surfaced showing him forcing cheerleaders to perform splits. The coach and other school officials have been placed on leave, and now ...

The videos show eight cheerleaders at Denver's East High School repeatedly being pushed into splits while their arms are held up by teammates, KUSA-TV reported Thursday.

A video from Colorado of a high school cheerleader being forced into the splits and held down by her teammates has gone viral. Back in Washington State, coaches said that is definitely not the way ...

A Denver high school cheerleader who spoke up about alleged abuse at the hands of her cheer coach says she’s now being cyber bullied for coming forward.

A sickening video out of Denver shows a teenage girl being forced into splits. It was recorded at a cheer camp this past June. WOWT 6 News met with local cheer coaches who say they're horrified ...

“Stretching should never be taken to the level of causing pain. Of even more concern is failure to act when it is clear that a cheerleader is in extreme pain and begging to stop.” ...

The head of a national cheerleading group says newly released video of a Denver teen crying while a coach and teammates hold her down shows techniques that are outdated and damaging.

The videos show eight cheerleaders at Denver's East High School repeatedly being pushed into splits while their arms are held up by teammates, KUSA-TV reported Thursday.

Ally Wakefield said since speaking up, she’s been cyber bullied online — bullies have told her to kill herself and tried to discredit her injuries.

The videos show eight cheerleaders at Denver's East High School repeatedly being pushed into splits while their arms are held up by teammates, KUSA-TV reported Thursday.