Virginia High School Track and Field Athlete, who was seen bashing by an opponent’s head with a baton stick during a race, has been indicted for assault and battery, Lynchburg Commonwealth’s ATTORNEY Office over Pakinomist Digital confirmed.
IC NORCOM HIGH SCHOOL student Athlet Alaila Everett was seen crushing her baton stick on the head of Brookville High School Junior Kaelen Tucker during a championship meeting last week. Recordings of the incident became viral in the following days, which received national controversy and setback against Everett.
Tucker was later diagnosed with a concussion and possible skull fracture.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover at Foxnews.com
Tucker and her family members did not definitively say if they would push charges against Everett after the incident in an interview with WSET ABC 13. However, the prosecutor is now officially pressed as Everett faces an assault of wrongdoing and counting and battery.
Everett has since said that the hits were unintended, in interviews with wavy and “Good Morning America.”
Before the charges announced on Everett, Portsmouth Naacp released a statement defending the Embated Teenager Wednesday.
“Alaila is not an attacker and media headlines that refer to it in any way shameful. We understand the sensitivity of the circumstances of both athletes and their families involved, but this tale must not go unaddened,” the statement reads.
“Alaila is an honorary student and a star athlete at the historical IC Norcom High School. From all stories, she is a unique young leader and learned if athletic talent has been well -documented and recognized across our state.
Pakinomist Digital has reached Everett’s family via Portsmouth Public School District for comment.
Tucker talked about the incident in an interview with WSET ABC 13 last Friday, and said the entire section gasped when they saw the repeated baton bashing.
“The whole section just gasped,” Tucker told the station about them around her in the bleaching machines. “We had family from out of town. Her sponsors were here from Myrtle Beach. Everyone gasped just. When I saw her going down, all I could do was run out of the bleaching machines. I just knew I had to come to her.
Women’s athletes do not compete vs. Transgender in Team USA Track Event that provides standard victory for trans athlete
Virginia High School Track and Field Athlete, who was seen bashing by an opponent’s head with a baton stick during a race, is charged with assault and battery. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
“She was a little hysterical because she just couldn’t think that was what had happened.”
Everett claims hits took place because she lost her balance, and her baton stuck “firmly” behind her opponent’s back.
“After a few times hit her, my baton housing was firmly behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back. I lost balance when I pumped my arms again. She was hit,” Everett said in an interview with wavy. “I know my intentions and I would never hit someone on purpose.”
Everett also said that although she caused physical pain to tucker, there is not enough empathy for Everet’s own “mental” influence.
“Everyone has feelings so you are physically wounded, but you don’t think about my mental,” Everett said. “They assume my character, calling me ghetto and racial sleds, death threats … all this out of a nine second video.”
During an interview with Good Morning America on Wednesday, Everett and her family showed another angle of the footage and resumed the incident to try to prove it was an accident.
IC NORCOM HIGH SCHOOL student Athlet Alaila Everett was seen crushing her baton stick on the head of Brookville High School Junior Kaelen Tucker during a championship meeting last week. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
“Her arm literally hit the baton like this until she got a little ahead, and my arm was stuck like this,” Everett said, using a family member to represent Tucker during the incident in the clip.
Virginia High School League (VHSL) previously issued a statement to Pakinomist Digital on the case.
“VHSL does not comment on individuals or disciplinary actions because of Ferpa,” reads the league’s statement. “The actions taken by the meeting director to disqualify the runner were appropriate and correct. We are thoroughly reviewing all cases like this involving player security with the participating schools. The VHSL membership has always made it a priority to give student athletes a safe environment for competition.”
