Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C.
Running alongside her was opponentKaelen Tucker, a junior from Brookville High School.
Alaila wascharged with assault and batteryover the alleged attack.
Her family also defended her as she asserted that she would never intentionally hurt someone that way.
Thats not in my character.
Weve raised these kids to not be able to deal with losing.
Her arm got stuck?!
She was swinging that baton!
Shes laughing about it, said another.
This kid needs an evaluation.
Another wrote, Slow motion shows her cocking her hand back to strike the other girl!
Her father knows his daughter is lying and is guilty.
Just look at his reaction, another said.
Nevertheless, she revealed that she has plenty of people in [her] corner.
Both her parents defended her and said their daughter would never intentionally attack her opponent.
Yall really picked the wrong child to criminalize like that, father Genoa Everett toldWSET ABC 13.
Thats nowhere near her nature.
Lip readerNicola Hickling attempted to read what Alaila yelledin the moments before her baton struck Kaelen.
But she told the Daily Mail that it was difficult to be certain because of the grainy footage.
The LipReader founder said the teenager may have yelled, Get off!
and Hey, oh!
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