We'll start this story with some background.
At the beginning of the month, a student at a Portsmouth, VA went viral after a video of her track meet made the rounds on the Internet. In the video, runner Alaila Everett is seen apparently striking a fellow runner named Kaelen Tucker. Tucker runs off the track and falls to the ground, and was later diagnosed with a concussion and possible skull fracture.
Since the incident, Everett has maintained her innocence, saying she never meant to hit Tucker.
X users are skeptical. And so did race officials who disqualified Everett's team and Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Bethany Harrison, who filed an assault and battery charge against Everett this week.
Everett and her family claim she tried to reach out to Turner but has been blocked on social media and served with a protective order by Turner, and Everett is still saying she's innocent.
NEW: The Virginia runner who bashed the head of an opponent with a metal baton holds a rally after getting charged with assault.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 14, 2025
Odd.
Alaila Everett started sobbing while holding a rally outside of her high school in Virginia.
Portsmouth NAACP is now *defending* Everett and… pic.twitter.com/kTysxJioku
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Alaila Everett started sobbing while holding a rally outside of her high school in Virginia.
Portsmouth NAACP is now *defending* Everett and says anyone who suggests she purposely hit runner Kaelen Tucker is 'shameful.'
'Alaila is NOT AN ATTACKER and media headlines that allude towards that in any way is shameful,' they said in a statement.
At her rally, Everett thanked everyone for showing up & doubled down on her claim that the assault was simply an accident.
'I would never harm anybody. I'm not a fighter, I'm not even confrontational, I wouldn't even do that on purpose, and I thank y'all for believing in me. I love y'all.'
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This writer is not a lawyer, but this seems like a good time for Everett not to say anything. Especially if you watch the video, because -- to this writer's eyes -- it doesn't look accidental. At all.
Everett never stops to check on Turner and has never apologized.
This is so nauseating yet unsurprising.
— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) March 14, 2025
It's not surprising at all.
She tried to hit the girl TWICE. And why is the NAACP not backing the girl who got hurt? pic.twitter.com/05Za6IwnE9
— Royally Sage (@sage1411) March 14, 2025
Excellent question. Turner is the victim here.
“ACCIDENT” 😂😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/hZ244XUbiG
— Crazy Moments (@Crazymoments01) March 14, 2025
That's a wind-up.
The only people who believe her are the ones still wearing masks.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) March 15, 2025
YUP.
Odd indeed https://t.co/nAwFs1UtIq
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) March 14, 2025
From every angle of that video, it does not look accidental to most people.
This is the craziest level of gaslighting I’ve seen in awhile. This isn’t even up for debate, she hit the girl. I’m sure she regrets it, but the fact that the NAACP is holding rally’s trying to tell people to ignore the evidence of their lying eyes is insane.
— P.T. Ward (@HTWardish) March 14, 2025
Orwell would be proud.
You guys are all worried about the other girl being physically hurt but I’m just concerned with Alaila’s mental.
— 3gunGorilla (@GomesBolt) March 15, 2025
I mean there’s clearly something wrong with her brain if she thinks anyone’s buying that it wasn’t on purpose.
That's not a typo -- Everett spoke with media in the days following the incident and said people weren't concerned with 'her mental.'
She's not doing herself any favors, and neither are the people who keep putting her in the public eye.
She’s talking more than the victim, which makes me believe it was done on purpose. https://t.co/AUXiqjbeWF
— Petty Spice (@itsjust_KIA3) March 14, 2025
This writer found this interview with Tucker.
Look, she probably isn’t a bad person, but this was definitely a moment of weakness. This was intentional, she lost her composure in the heat of competition….unfortunately someone got seriously injured, and those actions have consequences. It sucks, but she’s not the victim. https://t.co/3iVZrCjn4R
— Brian9N0LE4 🍢 (@BAfromThe904) March 14, 2025
All of this.
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