{"id":443531,"date":"2025-03-13T23:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T00:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=443531"},"modified":"2025-03-14T02:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:13:24","slug":"new-footage-of-baton-attack-debunks-accident-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=443531","title":{"rendered":"New footage of baton attack debunks 'accident' claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The high school sprinter accused of smashing her opponent on the back of the head during a relay has been charged as a new angle of the incident sheds more light on her claims.<\/p>\n

Alaila Everett revealed she has been harassed online and her family has been served with legal papers after vision of her smashing her baton on a rival's head emerged.<\/p>\n

Kaelen Tucker and Everett were on the final bend when Tucker was struck during the 4x200m relay final at the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 3 State Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n

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Now it can be revealed the\ufeff Lynchburg Commonwealth's Attorney Office has reportedly issued a petition for one count of assault and battery against Everett, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

In addition, a new angle of the alleged assault seems to defy the claims by Everett \ufeffthat it was an accident.<\/p>\n

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The alternative footage, taken from behind the runners as they approach the final bend, shows Everett clocking her arm back before striking, seemingly debunking her claim it was not a deliberate act.<\/p>\n

A lip reading expert told the Daily Mail\ufeff, Everett shouted 'get off' and 'hey oh' during the incident, although the footage made it difficult to be completely certain.<\/p>\n

Tucker was forced off track and fell to the ground clutching her head and was treated for a concussion and a potential skull fracture.<\/p>\n

Everett continued on her way before being disqualified.\ufeff<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the incident, an emotional Everett said she has been judged incorrectly and that she would never hit anybody on purpose.<\/p>\n

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"After a couple times of hitting her with my baton, I got stuck behind her back and (the baton) rolled up her back," Everett said to WAVYTV10.<\/p>\n

"I lost my balance, and when I pumped my arms again, she got hit. I know my intentions and I would never hit somebody on purpose."<\/p>\n

The student added: \ufeff"Everybody has feelings, so you're physically hurt but you are not thinking about my mental, right? They are going off of one angle.<\/p>\n

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"They're assaulting my character, calling me ghetto, racist slurs, death threats, all of this, just because of a nine second video."\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I know 100 per cent that she won't do this to nobody," Layla Everett said.<\/p>\n

"Now we have to go to a city, three hours away, that everybody hates our guts," her father said.<\/p>\n

The interview was criticised online with several social media users refusing to believe Everett and taking aim at the lack of accountability from the parents.<\/p>\n

Former news anchor Anita Padilla wrote on X: "Stop with the crocodile tears. You did not lose your balance. You lost your integrity and tried to pull a 'Tonya Harding' in front of everyone and now you want us all to believe it was a 'misunderstanding'. Please."<\/p>\n

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Tucker has also spoken to media in recent days and disputed Everett's claim of how the incident played out.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"When you go to the other side of the track, you have to cross into lane one, you have to merge in," Tucker told WSLS.<\/p>\n

"As I was coming up on her, she kind of like made me get cut off a little bit, so I backed away.<\/p>\n

"Then, as we got around the curve, she kept bumping me in my arm. Then finally we got off the curve, I like slowly started passing her and then that's when she just hit me with the baton and I fell off the track."<\/p>\n

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