The star of the track that was seen hitting his opponent in the head with a cane has shared new images that, according to her, shows that the alleged attack was an accident.
The incident was revealed for the first time in the now viral images during the weekend during an inner track championship in Virginia.
In the clip, Alaila Everett was seen hitting Kaelen Tucker on the back of her head during the 4x200m relay event, leaving her with a brain shock.
Tucker was running the second section of the relay for the Brookville High School in Lynchburg when he went to Everett of IC NORCOM High School abroad.
Now, after claiming that the engraved coup was an accident, Everett has shared a new angle of the moment that, according to her, demonstrates her innocence.
'I would never do that on purpose. That is not in my character, “Everett said. Good morning America Tuesday.
She told the outlet that during the track she got stuck, which brought her involuntarily Tucker in her head.
“His arm was literally hitting the cane, until he advanced a little, and my arm stuck like this,” Everett said while making the movement to physically show what he said it happened.
A new video angel where Alaila Everett was seen hitting Kaelen Tucker on the back of her head during the 4x200m relay event in Virginia.
Everett.
In the recently released clip, the stars of the track were running from a new angle that showed them from behind.
Tucker, dressed in a yellow shirt and black shorts, was seen running next to Everett.
Just when it passed it slightly, Everett, dressed in black, balanced the arm in which he held the cane and hit Tucker in the head with him.
Tucker then dropped his cane, stumbled upon the track, grabbed his head and knelt on the floor.
“I simply felt a blow to my head and fell out of the track immediately,” Tucker told WveC TV.
A lip reader revealed exclusively to Dailymail.com what Everett told Tucker at that time.
The expert Nicola Hickling, the founder of Lipreader, said that Everett screamed 'Get off' and 'Hey Oh' while hitting Tucker.
Hickling reviewed multiple versions of the images upon reaching its conclusion, while added that the quality of the footage made it difficult to be completely safe.
Kaelen, in the photo in a meeting in January, says that Everett did not apologize for her actions
Tucker is seen (on the right) advancing a little ahead of Everett (left) just before the moment happened
Everett said he has been receiving death threats and racial insults since everything fell.
In your crying interview with Wavy.comEverett said: 'No one is going to believe me because I can admit for the video that seems determined. But I know my intentions and never hit anyone on purpose.
She added: 'After a couple of times to hit her, my cane got caught behind her back, and rolled her back. I lost my balance and, when I pumped my arms again, she was beaten.
Everett insisted that there is more in it, and the incident, of what appears in the short clip.
“They assume my character, calling me ghetto and racial insults, death threats,” he said. “All this of a video of nine seconds.”
She added: “Everyone has feelings, so you are physically injured, but you are not thinking of my mental (health).”
Everett's mother was also overwhelmed by emotion when she defended her daughter.
'I didn't have to see the first video, the second video or the tenth video. I know 100 percent that she would never do that to anyone, 'said Zeketa Cost.
His mother and father, Genoa Cost, also alleged in the interview that the Tuckers have hit them with the judicial documents, which seek to take a protection order against their daughter's attacker.
“It does not seem correct that this happens and now we have to go to a city three hours away that everyone hates,” Genoa said about the possibility of returning to Virginia after receiving judicial documents.
Tucker said he has not received an apology for Everett's actions that day.
Then, Tucker said: “I still can't believe it, I'm in shock … I'm still trying to assimilate everything, I can't believe it happened.”
She added: “Why did you do it and why haven't you apologized?”
But, according to Everett, he has tried to contact Tucker on social networks, just to discover that he has been blocked.
In the clip, you can see Everett pulling his right arm back and hitting the cane he carried by his opponent's head
Everett (in the photo) said he has been receiving death threats and racial insults since everything went down
IC NORCOM High School was disqualified after the incident for 'contact interference', or physically interfering with the actions of another corridor.
Tucker's mother, Tamarro, initially told Wset that no one from Norcom came to see her daughter or apologize.
Tucker's parents have told ABC News that Genoa called them to say that he felt it. The Athletic Director of the IC NORCOM high school also issued an apology.
The Virginia high school league told The Outlet that the organization “thoroughly investigates” in each instance like this. ”
“The VHSL membership has always made it a priority to provide students with a safe environment for competition,” they added.