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A closed hearing for four Los Fresnos teens accused of sodomizing another teen with a cell phone was an emotional one for the teens' families and friends.

The mothers shed tears, and in their anguish, even requested a closed hearing in an attempt to keep the media outside the courtroom.

The families said the allegations against their children are false.

They didn’t want to speak to the media and rushed out of the Darrell B. Hester Detention Center Monday just moments after Judge Sheila Benson ordered the detention of their teen sons for 10 days.

When we asked Defense Attorney Gustavo Garza for comment on this case, he was hesitant at first, but then finally spoke to Action 4 News.

He represented three of the four teens accused.

"The one thing I want to make clear,” Garza said, “is that the accusations are serious and there is no place in society for said conduct."

The four Los Fresnos teens were arrested late last week.

Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio alleges the four, between ages 13 and 14 years old, sodomized another teen with a cell phone and videotaped the entire incident during a so called game of "pants."

It’s a game that Garza said he’s never heard of.

But one of the suspects' mothers told Action 4 News off camera that the victim is lying and was a willing participant in this game.

Tommy Godinez, spoke on behalf of two of the accused teens’ families, and said there's more to the story.

"They are all watching a football game and the victim, the so called victim, was tapping the other kids in the mid-section and all of them thought it was funny,” Godinez said. “And then what happens is, they pin him down and they started horse playing, but there was no penetration."

While Godinez said he doesn't condone the game or behavior, the families said things were blown out of proportion.

"This could affect them their whole life," Godinez said.

Sheriff Lucio said detectives and a doctor determined the teen was sexually assaulted.

Godinez said there is more than just one victim in this whole ordeal.

"The facts are different from what people think that it is,” Godinez said. “I’m here because someone needs to speak-up for these kids, because this is going to change their future.”