CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The father of the two toddlers shown in a YouTube video being forced to fight said he does not know if any charges will be brought against his family or the teenagers involved in the incident.

"I don't know what is going to happen," Kenneth McMasters of Hometown said Wednesday. "Even the authorities don't know what is going to happen." 

Putnam County Sheriff Mark L. Smith said the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

"We're investigating and if we get sufficient evidence and information then we'll move forward," Smith said.

He said authorities have confirmed the video of a group of teenagers forcing the two boys to fight and encouraging them to use obscenities was shot in Hometown.

WCHS-TV drew the video to the attention of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department and the state Department of Health and Human Resources Monday evening. Child Protective Services in Putnam County opened an investigation Tuesday.

Kenneth McMasters said he saw the video on television on Monday and contacted authorities when he recognized his boys.

"It's just unreal," he said.

He said his boys are fine and seem unaffected by the incident, but the subsequent media attention has been overwhelming.

Today, "Inside Edition," a national news and entertainment show, will interview the family, said Melissa McMasters, Kenneth McMasters' current wife.

"It's like a nightmare," she said. "I want to do what is best for the children. We'll take it one day at a time and see what comes out of it." 

Kenneth McMasters said his three children were in the care of his ex-wife, Danielle McMasters, when the video was shot.

The couple had shared custody of their three children - the two boys featured in the video, ages 3 and 5, and a girl, age 2, who was not in the video.

Melissa McMasters said Putnam authorities recommended the couple file for an emergency domestic violence petition for full custody of the children, which she said county officials granted at 1 a.m. Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The father of the two toddlers shown in a YouTube video being forced to fight said he does not know if any charges will be brought against his family or the teenagers involved in the incident.

"I don't know what is going to happen," Kenneth McMasters of Hometown said Wednesday. "Even the authorities don't know what is going to happen." 

Putnam County Sheriff Mark L. Smith said the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

"We're investigating and if we get sufficient evidence and information then we'll move forward," Smith said.

He said authorities have confirmed the video of a group of teenagers forcing the two boys to fight and encouraging them to use obscenities was shot in Hometown.

WCHS-TV drew the video to the attention of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department and the state Department of Health and Human Resources Monday evening. Child Protective Services in Putnam County opened an investigation Tuesday.

Kenneth McMasters said he saw the video on television on Monday and contacted authorities when he recognized his boys.

"It's just unreal," he said.

He said his boys are fine and seem unaffected by the incident, but the subsequent media attention has been overwhelming.

Today, "Inside Edition," a national news and entertainment show, will interview the family, said Melissa McMasters, Kenneth McMasters' current wife.

"It's like a nightmare," she said. "I want to do what is best for the children. We'll take it one day at a time and see what comes out of it." 

Kenneth McMasters said his three children were in the care of his ex-wife, Danielle McMasters, when the video was shot.

The couple had shared custody of their three children - the two boys featured in the video, ages 3 and 5, and a girl, age 2, who was not in the video.

Melissa McMasters said Putnam authorities recommended the couple file for an emergency domestic violence petition for full custody of the children, which she said county officials granted at 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Kenneth McMasters said he and his ex-wife ended their two-year marriage about four years ago. He alleges his ex-wife was present when the video was made, and that witnesses have given Putnam authorities signed statements saying that.

Melissa McMasters said her husband's ex-wife has denied being present when the video was shot.

Danielle McMasters could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

The Associated Press originally reported Tuesday that Stacy McMasters was Kenneth McMasters' wife. She is his sister.

Kenneth McMasters said his ex-wife had his sister's son with her when the video was filmed. The little boy can be seen in the background of the video, but had no part in the fight, he said. He said his sister was not at the park when the video was filmed.

Stacy McMasters was charged in December 2007, when she was 19, for leaving her baby alone in a car while she shopped. According to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam Circuit Court, sheriff's deputies found the child in the parking lot of the Eleanor Foodland in 37-degree weather.

Melissa McMasters said the charges against her sister-in-law were dropped.

DHHR spokesman John Law has said the video was posted on a YouTube account under the name "Emily GrabFace."

On her YouTube page, that person said she took the video and defended herself. She said the toddlers were cussing before she started to videotape, and began to fight on their own. She said she began taping the two boys because she thought it was funny.

Melissa McMasters said the boys know that fighting is not allowed.

"They may play around or wrestle, but we're even afraid to let that happen now," she said.

The YouTube video was shot in front of Hometown Elementary School, Melissa McMasters said. She said she is a longtime family friend of the stepmother of one of the teenagers in the video.

"It totally blew me away," she said. "Something needs to be done."

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