Alaila Everett Facing Assault And Battery Charges For Striking Kaelen Tucker During 4x200m relay Event

Track star Alaila Everett is in some serious trouble for her bad behavior at the 4x200m relay event. Apparently, she got into it with Kaelen Tucker and ended up striking her and now, she is facing charges despite coming out to apologize.

Assault and battery charges have been filed against Alaila and it’s a real shame. I mean, why do people have to get all aggressive at a sporting event? It’s supposed to be all about having fun and cheering on your team, not throwing punches.

Everett was seen at the indoor track championships in Virginia striking Kaelen Tucker during the 4x200m relay event.

Tucker was running the second leg of the relay for Lynchburg’s Brookville High School when she passed Everett of I.C. Norcom High School on the outside.

In the clip, Everett can be seen pulling her right arm back and smacking the baton she was carrying across her opponent’s head.

Prior to the charges being announced, the local branch of the NAACP issued a statement in defense of Everett.

In it, they said she was ‘not an attacker’ and described her as being an ‘exceptional young leader and scholar’.

It added: ‘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.’

We’ll have to wait and see how this all plays out in court, but it’s not looking good for Alaila. It’s a good reminder for everyone that sportsmanship is important, both on and off the field.

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