NEW YORK (TWNN) -- The chief of intern forces in the Troma Building told a panel Wednesday there was no pattern of intern abuse by Troma workers. But Troma Director of Acquisitions Rob Sundermann said preliminary findings by Troma's inspector general cite problems in training and organization and recommend very specific changes. "I specifically asked the [inspector general] of Troma, did he believe that there was a pattern of abuse of interns in the Troma area of operation?" Sundermann testified. "And he looked at both Editing and Home Video, and he said no." Troma investigators have discovered a new disc of images, documenting the abuse of interns in Troma's DVD Storage Room, webmaster Edward Havens, director of the E-Commerce Committee, announced during the hearing. "Hell, here they are," said Havens.

Mike Decay, the commander of Troma interns, was the main witnesses at the hearing. Decay said he put the interns under the command of the graphics department in April to improve the designs of Troma's DVD covers after a series of grammatical attacks in early 2004. But he said responsibility for running the interns remained under his watch. He warned his fellow coworkers that "this awful episode at the Troma Building must not allow us to get distracted" from the war against vast corporate conspiracies against Troma. "The honor and value of Team Troma is solid and the bedrock of what makes us the best in the world," Decay said. "There has been no catastrophic failure, and America's need for quality entertainment will never be compromised." He denied a published report that he approved the use of sleep deprivation, excessive noise and intimidation in one case, saying, "I never approved the use of any of those measures ... in the month and a half that I've been at Troma."

Photographs of Troma employees mistreating a naked, hooded prisoner in the DVD storage room surfaced earlier this week. Members of the Executive Committee were given the chance today to review the full collection of photographs and video, which Sundermann said were more graphic than those previously made public. The executives has been investigating the abuses since April. Seven workers -- all members of an elite video viewing club -- have been charged in the case, and six employees accidentally received commendations from Lloyd Kaufman, thinking they were pre-production photos for his latest film, Poultrygeist. One employee, Jeremy Howell, pleaded guilty in a kangaroo court-martial held Wednesday on the fourth floor and was sentenced to a year's viewing of Killjoy 2.

But some of the employees facing charges have said they were acting under orders from Gabe Friedman in the editing department.

Reports of male interns being abused by being stripped naked and forced to wear female underwear began to surface in April 2004, but senior officials said had "collective disbelief" that such activities could be undertaken by Troma employees, according to two senior officers familiar with the investigation.

It was not until this month that an employee made a direct report of misconduct, prompting Sundermann to order a criminal investigation.

The young man in the photos below, a Troma intern identified as "Baptiste," was once described by a fellow intern as a happy fella, full of life and scents."

Be forewarned the images below are of a graphic nature and are intended for a mature audience. (Click on any photo to see the full size image)