COLLIN COUNTY – (WFAA; WBAP/KLIF) -The parents of Karmelo Anthony — the Frisco teenager accused of fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a track meet earlier this month — speak to the media for the first time at a press conference Thursday. The press conference was delayed on Thursday after Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff Metcalf, arrived at the organization’s headquarters. Next Generation Action Network called Dallas police to have him removed.
A court order reportedly prevents Karmelo Anthony from having any contact with the Metcalf family. Karmelo Anthony did not attend the press conference, according to Next Generation Action Network. The organization said it would not proceed with the press conference until Metcalf left the site.
Next Generation officials, led by group president Dominique Alexander, said the Anthony family “has endured a wave of falsehoods, misinformation, and hateful attacks — some of which have been blatant, intentional misrepresentations of both the family and the ongoing legal case.”
Next Generation officials said the press conference will be a “critical” opportunity for the public to hear directly from the Anthony family.
“This is a moment for truth,” Alexander said. “The Anthony family deserves the opportunity to speak for themselves, to clear the record, and to share the impact this has had on their lives—not through the lens of speculation, but through their own words.”
The Anthony family will make a statement at the press conference and then take questions from the press.
Anthony was released from jail Monday after posting bond. Judge Angela Tucker earlier in the day decided to significantly reduce Anthony’s bond amount from $1 million to $250,000.
Anthony was arrested and charged with murder in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf April 2 at the UIL District 11-5A championship track meet at Frisco ISD’s Kuykendall Stadium.
Under his new bond conditions, Anthony, who appeared at the hearing in a yellow jumpsuit, is required to wear an ankle monitor and ask permission to leave his home.
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