By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Virginia High School track and field competitor Alaila Everett has been charged with assault and battery after hitting a fellow competitor during a track meet in Portsmouth, Virginia. She hit Kaelen Tucker with a baton.
This incident left Tucker with a concussion — and maybe a fractured skull. Everett was disqualified from the event for ‘contact inference.’
At press time, no court date has been announced yet.
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In the viral video, Tucker can be seen being hit with the baton. After the incident, Everett reportedly received death threats, along with harassment, according to ABC7.
Everett claimed that the incident was an accident.
“She was touching me to the point where I was pumping my arm, and the baton was hitting her arm,” Everett said. “I lose my balance—my whole body turns, and then I pump my arms, so she got hit.”
According to WTKR, the Portsmouth NAACP defended Everett on Wednesday.
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“Alaila is NOT AN ATTACKER and media headlines that allude towards that in any way is shameful,” their statement said. “We understand the sensitivity of the circumstances for both athletes and their families involved but this narrative must not go unaddressed. Alaila is an honor student and a star athlete at the historic I.C. Norcom High School. From all accounts, she is an exceptional young leader and scholar whose athletic talent has been welldocumented and recognized across our state. She has carried herself with integrity both on and off the field and any narrative that adjudicates her guilty of any criminal activity is a violation of her due process rights.”
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