{"id":2412984,"date":"2025-03-13T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/runner-bashed-opponent-then-played-the-victim-but-lip-readers-assessment-says-something-else\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:40:00","slug":"runner-bashed-opponent-then-played-the-victim-but-lip-readers-assessment-says-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/runner-bashed-opponent-then-played-the-victim-but-lip-readers-assessment-says-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Bashed Opponent Then Played the Victim, But Lip Reader&#8217;s Assessment Says Something Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frunner-bashed-opponent-then-played-the-victim-but-lip-readers-assessment-says-something-else%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A high school track athlete in Virginia faces charges after allegedly attacking a competitor with a relay baton last week during a race.<\/p>\n<p>Alaila Everett has been charged with one count of assault and battery after a now-viral video showed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-high-school-track-star-injured-state-final-opponent-uses-baton-like-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hitting<\/a> Kaelen Tucker with the baton, causing her to fall to the ground, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/news\/in-the-community\/portsmouth\/track-runner-charged-with-assault-after-viral-incident-naacp-disputes\">WTKR-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Everett has claimed that the incident, which happened at the 4&times;200 meter event at the Virginia state championship, was accidental.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was touching me to the point where I was pumping my arm, and the baton was hitting her arm,&rdquo; Everett said, per WTKR-TV.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I lose my balance&mdash;my whole body turns, and then I pump my arms, so she got hit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Track runner Alaila Everett charged with assault &amp; battery after hitting a runner in the head with a baton at a track meet.<\/p>\n<p>Everett claims her hand simply slipped which resulted in the other runner Kaelen Tucker, getting a concussion &amp; possibly fractured skull.<\/p>\n<p>The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwY8T6tomx\">pic.twitter.com\/SwY8T6tomx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1899976245540250106?\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> But Nicola Hickling, who founded lip reading transcription service LipReader, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/othersports\/article-14486933\/lip-reader-reveals-track-star-bashed-rival-alaila-everett.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments<\/a> to the U.K. Daily Mail that Everett shouted &ldquo;get off&rdquo; and &ldquo;hey oh&rdquo; after cracking Tucker with the baton.<\/p>\n<p>Hickling said she looked at several videos of the incident before making that conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Everett has meanwhile claimed that she has faced racism following the viral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-school-volleyball-team-cites-bible-forfeits-playoff-game-opponent-trans-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody is going to believe me because I can admit from the video it does look purposeful. But I know my intentions and I would never hit anybody on purpose,&rdquo; she insisted to <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/sports\/high-school-sports\/why-havent-you-apologized-a-search-for-answers-after-on-track-attack-at-state-finals\">WSET-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After a couple times of hitting her, my baton got stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back. I lost my balance and, when I pumped my arms again, she got hit,&rdquo; Everett said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are assuming my character, calling me ghetto and racial slurs, death threats,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;All of this off of a nine-second video.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Everett then urged the public to consider her own mental health.<\/p>\n<p>I.C. Norcom High School, which Everett attends, had their relay team disqualified from the meet for &ldquo;contact interference.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tucker meanwhile told WSET-TV that she is &ldquo;still trying to take it all in&rdquo; and &ldquo;can&rsquo;t believe it happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wild moment at the VHSL Class 3 State Indoor Meet. A runner in the girls&rsquo; 4&times;200 relay clubs an opponent in the head with a baton mid-race. Both teams were disqualified. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/milesplit?\">@milesplit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrackandField?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrackandField<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDwEjUZm5X\">pic.twitter.com\/KDwEjUZm5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alonso (@atxgoodguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atxgoodguy\/status\/1897746945034403942?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The apparent victim is receiving treatment for a concussion and possible skull fracture.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why did you do it, and why haven&rsquo;t you apologized?&rdquo; she wondered.<\/p>\n<p>Tamarrow Tucker, her mother, noted that neither Everett nor the Norcom High School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-school-basketball-player-hailed-hero-saving-opponents-life-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaches<\/a> were present to ask for forgiveness or explain their actions while her daughter was receiving medical attention at the meet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No apologies. 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