Carmelo Anthony trial: Lawyer says he stabbed Austin Metcalf, didn’t attack anyone else during defense
The highly anticipated trial of Carmelo Anthony, who stabbed Texas teen Austin Metcalf last year, began with shocking revelations. “I got stabbed,” Metcalf said, limping toward his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, before bleeding to death in his arms. Jurors watched video of the stabbing, which showed Anthony trying to throw away the knife and run away, but he did not make it out of the stadium because his coach stopped him. When a police officer arrested Anthony and called him an “alleged suspect,” he said: “I’m not charged, I did it.”Anthony has been released on bail but is under house arrest. Anthony was released on $250,000 bail and has been under house arrest ever since. He graduated from high school with a GPA of 3.7,An 18-person jury, including six alternates and no black panelists, will decide Anthony’s fate. The video was played Thursday after hearing opening arguments in the trial.Anthony’s attorney, Mike Howard, argued that his client acted in self-defense and in response to “fear and confusion.” “After Carmelo defended himself with the knife, he ran away. He didn’t stab him again. He dropped the knife. He didn’t stab anyone else,” Howard said.The feud between Anthony and Austin began over seating at a track game but gained national attention because Carmelo Anthony is black.“This case has nothing to do with race,” Texas Attorney Bill Wilski said during the hearing. “This case was not self-defence. Unjustified incitement to murder – that’s why we’re here this morning.”
Coach frantically calls 911
Jurors in the Karmelo Anthony trial heard a 911 call made by a Frisco ISD track coach after Austin Metcalf was stabbed. On the phone, the background noise of a track meet can be heard while Liberty High School coach Joshua Redman urges Austin to hold on and fight the wound. It was coach Robert Thayer who got the call. “He’s still breathing,” Thayer told the 911 operator.
