congrats to gabby schilling who will pitch for the seahawks next year. with that came a barrage of sexually explitity tweets at her. they alluded to lewd acts and rape. >> i grew up in a locker room playing sports. i know what it means to say dumb stuff. never in my life have i ever uttered half of the words that these guys were posting in the presence of a. would. and i never will. >> reporter: his daughter gabby eventually got wind of the trolling. >> there were so many comments and they got worse and worse. and people were feeding off of them and they were all negative. >> i thought i'm going to get in my car drive three hours and beat the hell out of a couple guys. then i started to think about it. >> reporter: that's when schilling decided to take matters into his own hands. >> he took screen shots off the tweets and posted them on his blogs, redeveloping theirvealing their identities to his fans and asking, is this okay at any time? one of the people named is somebody who used to work here as a ticket seller for the yankees. not any more. another t

"congrats to gabby schilling, who will pitch for the salve regina seahawks next year."hen, a barrage of sexually explicit tweets came rushing in. >> there were so many comments. and they got worse and worse. it was just disgusting. >> reporter: but curt wasn't about to let the internet trolls take on his child. so he posted screenshots of the nasty tweets and identified the tweeters. >> i grew up in a locker room. i grew up in sports. i know what it means to be a guy. never in my life i have ever uttered half of the words that these guys were posting. >> reporter: one of the people named by schilling used to work right here with the new york yankees as a ticket seller. not anymore. the yankees saying they have zero tolerance for anything like this. another tweeter? he's been suspended from school. >> nobody should be able to get away with saying things like that to a father about their daugther. >> anyone. >> anyone. >> reporter: not unless you want the father to strike you out. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> when we come back here tonight, buddy holly and that pl

curt schilling, thank you so much for joining me and congratulations to your daughter gabby. >> thankprosecuteor wendy murphy joins me from boston. are schilling victims, victims of crime? >> well yes, i think so. there are really three categories of potential legal consequences here. one is certainly the criminal charge of criminal harassment criminal threats but there are separate consequences for anyone who is a student, whether it's high school or college who makes these kinds of remarks and threats. they can be suspended or expelled they can lose privileges. they can be kicked off of sports teams, and then there's always the possibility of a civil lawsuit which frankly i'd like to see happen here because this does cause a tremendous amount of emotional distress and these guys could be sued for infliction of emotional distress and be forced to pay an awful lot of money for the harm they caused not only to gabby but to her entire family. >> so you talk about civil liability, but what about the criminal liability? are there legal limits about things you can say in a tweet or in othe

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great curt schilling posted this loving tweet when she got accepted in to college, congrats to gabby schilling will pitch for the seahawks next year. then a barrage of sexually explicit tweets came in. >> so many comments and they got worse and worse. it was disgusting. >> reporter: curt wasn't about to let the internet trolls take on his child. he posted screen shots of the nasty tweets and identified the tweeters. >> i grew up in a locker room. i grew up playing sports and i know what it means to be a guy. never in my life have i ever uttered half of the words these guys were posting. >> reporter: one of the people named by schilling used to work here with the new york yankees as a ticket seller. not anymore. the yankees say they have zero tolerance for anything like this. another tweeter has been suspended from school. >> nobody should be able to get away saying things like that to a father about their daughter. >> idiots. >> anyone. >> not unless you want the father to strike you out. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> curt schilling said there's been a generation of kids that have grown

congrats to gabby schilling who will pitch for the salve regina seahawks next year." controversy controversial figure as divisive as the red sox claims his loving tweet resulted in his daughter getting cyberbullied receiving such vitriolic responses that we can't show them on tv. >> i grew up in a locker room. i grew up playing sports. i know what it means to be a guy. never in my life have i ever uttered half of the words that these guys were posting. >> reporter: but the world series champ proving to be an all-star dad taking screen shots of the mean tweets and posting them on his blog. a revenge on the trolls. >> it wasn't a mistake. this was a conscious decision to be an idiot and to say some pretty evil stuff. >> reporter: and there have already been consequences. one tweeter has been suspended both on twitter and school. brookdale community college saying the posts are unacceptable and clearly violated the standard of conduct. another tweeter has reportedly lost his job with the yankees. abc news has not been able to reach either one. >> nobody should be able to

he wrote, congrats to gabby schilling who will pitch.would never, ever want to repeat on the air or repeat in your kitchen table. >> he actually posted on his blog the location. he is set to pursue legal action against those who are making those vial comments online against his daughter. he spoke with sean hannity, and he explained why. this is people's fault. not twitter's fault not facebook's fault. watch. >> there are young ladies there are families, who don't have the platform or the voice that i have or don't draw the attention that i do when they talk who don't have their daughters because somebody that they didn't know talked trash about them on the internet. and in other cases, it's friends or people they go to school with. that's -- that's not okay. it's not twitter's fault, it's not facebook's fault. it's not the internet's fault. it's people's fault. >> he's tracked down nine of those people already, and called their workplace, parents. >> by name and outed them. >> this guy, sean mcdonald, fired as a part time yankee ticket t

gabby. schilling wrote an essay on his blog. could likely fathom began to follow. here's what he did. curt schilling then posted the names of the users connected to these tweets and he was able to quickly identify these people basically and put them out there for the world to see what pieces of dirt they are. it was found in less than an hour. curt schilling is here to tell you, you cannot hide. you can be found. he did it. these boys have yet to understand one of life's most important lessons. in the real world you get held accountable for the things you say. one of them lost a job and one at the university, they are looking into it as well. what do you think? >> they are suspending him. incredible and an example of what parents should do. keep an eye on what people are saying on twitter accounts and everything when it am cans to their kids and instagram accounts. he stepped up for parents everywhere. >> maybe people will think twice before being cowards and hiding behind the anonymous egg. if they think they will be revealed f

it started when schilling sent a tweet congratulating his daughter gabby being recruited to play softballr users responded with vile comments directed at gabby. after initially responding on twitter, curt schilling decided to take the users to task by posting a detailed 1700 word he is aon his blog that included some of their tweets. and users names connected to tweets noting he was able to quickly identify account holders. schilling writes in part the amount of vitriol i heard is not an issue, i am not sure i'll hear more but i have to ask, is this even remotely okay in any world at any time. he goes on to say this is a generation of kids who have grown up behind the monitor and keyboard. the real world has consequences when you do and say things about others. joining me three time world series champion pitcher, curt schilling. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> so as a daddy's girl had a great father. i love that you stuck up for gabby. but this although it started with your heart, your daughter is something bigger now about the cyber bullies. when you first read some of the negati

it all started when schilling posted this tweet congratulating his daughter gabby on acceptance to collegere she'll be playing softball. when lewd tweets were posted about his daughter, the former red sox pitcher went dad mode. he took screen shots of the tweets from two twitter users and didn't let them get away with it. >> my daughter will remember this for the rest of her life. as a father, i have two jobs. to provide for my family and to protect them. >> schilling says he did a little internet digging and found out the twitter user's names, where they worked, and where they went to school. this is what he had to say about their identities on his personal website. quote, the sports guru yeah, he's a dj named adam nagle. how do you think that place feels about this stud representing their school? the other clown he's vp at montclair university. i'd prefer to have no one i know in it. the two twitter users are already facing consequences. one guy was suspended by his community college in new jersey. the other fired from his job as a part-time ticket seller at yankee stadium. >> oh, yankee

curt schilling congratulated his daughter on being accepted to sal vai regina university where she'll play softball. >> i posted on twitter, congratulations, gabbyu know, the school where she's going and all the good stuff, i was excited. >> like any proud father would be. >> absolutely. >> schilling and his wife shonda said the tweet was inexplicably met with multiple comments. mild and vulgar and sexually explicit. so explicit they can't show them to you. >>'ve been on buses locker rooms, guys guys situations my whole life. where you say things in the group. i never in my life said the things these guys said never. you don't say it. you know when those words are. going out of your mouth that they're vialle that they're something wrong. >> he's been contacted by the fbi and two local police departments and is discussing possible charges. >> this is my child. you attacked my child. the rules go out the window when you attack my family. >> reporter: two people have been fired as a edd from their jobs as a result of their tweets. one who was aa. >> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the justice department report on raci

this began last week when schilling sent out a tweet congratulating his daughter gabby for being accepted to a university in rhode island. after that, the outspoken former all-star received numerous inappropriate comments directed at gabby including some mentioning rape. if you read these things, it is truly disgusting. the lowest form of social media out there. schilling took to his blog to not only discuss the vulgarity but to out two of the men who made the comments. >> i grew up in a locker room. i grew up playing sports. i know what it means to be a guy. never in my life have ever uttered half of the words that these guys were posting. it wasn't a mistake. this was a conscious decision to be -- to be an idiot and to say some pretty evil stuff. >> the consequences have been swift for the two men. both of them are college students in new jersey. one of fired from his part-time job as a ticket taker with the new york yankees. the other has been suspended from brookdale community college in new jersey and faces further disciplinary action. >>> a texas woman plans to sue a health care com

sox all-star pitcher curt schilling congratulated his daughter on being accepted to salve regina university where she'll play softball. >> i posted on twitter "congratulations gabby," you know and the school where she's going and all the good stuff. i was excited. >> reporter: like any proud father would be. >> absolutely yeah. >> reporter: schilling and his wife shonda, say the tweet was inexplicably met with responses first mild and then vulgar and sexually explicit, so vulgar we can't show them to you. >> i've been in club house i've been in low rooms i've been in buses, i've been in guys' guys situations my whole life where you say things as guys in that group pup know, you're family. i have never in my life said some of the things that these guys said, never, about anybody or-- you don't say it oop its not-- you know when those words are coming out of your mouth that they're vile. there's something wrong with you. >> reporter: these are offensive. >> they're against the law. >> reporter: schilling said he has been contacted by the f.b.i. and two local police departments and is considering filing possible criminal charges. >> this is my child. you attack my c