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Just about an hour after the verdict was handed down. the sheriff told me that he got calls from as far away as texas, from people who are seeing this play out on twitter. so i just got done with meeting him and he told me why he arrested these two girls. before i play that, i want to warn our viewers that some of these tweets that he reads involve explicit language. >> one says you ripped my family apart, you made my cousin cry so when i see you, its going to be a homicide. i take this seriousl...

More teens are facing trouble today in connection with that steubenville, ohio rape case. two girls now have been arrested for threatening the life of the victim. yes, the rach oig vehicpe victi. >> one says you ripped my family apart and made my cousin cry, so when i see you [ bleep ] it will be a homicide. i take this seriously. >> of course. and the next? >> ill celebrate by beating the [ bleep ] out of jane doe. >> a hear dag will decide whether the girls will be released. drew finley joins ...

>> reporter: what did they say that made you arrest them? >> well, one says you ripped my family apart, you made my cousin cry so when i see you [ bleep ] its going to be a homicide. i take this seriously. >> reporter: of course. and the next? >> and the next is ill celebrate by beating the [ bleep ] out of jane doe. >> reporter: so those two girls are going to be in front of a judge right here in the courthouse tomorrow morning at 10:30. the family of the victim and she has security right now, ...

Today for making threats toward this 16-year-old, toward the survivor of this rape. you spoke to the sheriff about those arrests. what did he tell you? >> reporter: i did, and can you believe that some of those threats started coming yesterday just about an hour after the verdict was handed down. the sheriff told me that he got calls from as far away as texas, from people who are seeing this play out on twitter. so i just got done with meeting him and he told me why he arrested these two girls. ...

Horrific threats. no other way to describe it, to this poor young girl who was the victim of this double rape. what do you make of this? is this just another illustration as this case has already illuminated of social media completely out of control with a certain element of teenagers in america right now? >> reporter: absolutely, completely out of control. death threats coming on twitter to this girl from within this community, this small town in ohio where im standing now, two arrests being ma...