Alaila Everett, a high school senior, said she lost her balance and accidentally hit the other girl when she was pumping her ...

Alaila Everett is speaking out after she hit an opponent in the head with her relay baton during a Virginia state championship race on Tuesday, March 4, leading to a wave of backlash and controversy ...

A high school track athlete faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a viral video showed her hitting a competitor's head with her baton during a race.

I.C. Norcom High School student athlete Alaila Everett has been charged with assault and battery after bashing an opponent's head with a baton during a race.

The family of a track star who is facing charges of assault and battery after hitting her opponent in the head with a baton in a viral incident have vowed to fight her case. Alaila Everett was ...

“New video angle makes it pretty clear that high school runner Alaila Everett deliberately attacked Kaelen Tucker with a relay baton during a race,” claims @TheKevinDalton. Some have gone as ...

Virginia high school athlete Alaila Everett told "Good Morning America" Tuesday that she never meant to strike her fellow competitor with a baton.

Some feel that the criminal charges are justified, while others, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] say that 18-year-old Alaila Everett has been wrongly ...

Brookville High School junior Kaelen Tucker was hit by the baton of fellow competitor Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School, during the 4×200-meter relay event at a state-level ...

A Virginia high school athlete has been charged with assault and battery following a baton incident that resulted in another ...

In the clip, Alaila Everett was seen striking Kaelen Tucker ... Her arm was literally hitting the baton - until she got a little ahead, and my arm got stuck like this,' Everett said while making ...

Alaila Everett told 10 News in Virginia that she ... She said she lost her balance and the baton hit Tucker. "I lost my balance when I pumped my arms again. She got hit," Everett said.