Austin Metcalf’s father looks down Carmelo AnthonyHe described him as “despicable” as he blamed him for not making eye contact in his poignant victim impact statement.
Jeff Metcalf urged Anthony, 19, to “not take it lightly” after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Metcalf early Monday afternoon at a Collins County courthouse. Texas.
“We’re being robbed!” Metcalf Sr. yelled as he instructed Anthony to look at him, according to WFAA. “Don’t look down!”
‘My kids are not bullies,’ Jeff Metcalf says
In strong words, anthony Keeping his head down, he refused to make eye contact with the Metcalf family, which included Austin’s father, mother and twin brother Hunter.
‘My children are not bullies’ Metcalf In a statement addressing the allegations against Austin and Hunter, they accused Anthony of sitting under a school tent at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
“My son’s death destroyed who I was,” he said. “He no longer exists.”
“People think sadness is sadness, but it’s not. It’s anger. Pure unfiltered anger,” Metcalf said angrily while banging his fists on the table, according to media reports.
Jeff Metcalf to Austin Metcalf: ‘You’re setting yourself up to fail’
He lashed out at Anthony, saying: “You failed your parents, you failed yourself, you failed society… You don’t belong in this community. A part of me died with my son, but I deserve to live on.”
“You’re going to jail. I forgave you the day it happened. I’m not going to forgive you for what you did,” Metcalf continued. “You can’t look me in the eye, but you can stab my damn son!”
Metcalf was silenced by a court-issued gag order over his objections to a ruling that kept Anthony under house arrest while awaiting trial.
‘It’s never been about race’
He blamed the teen’s ardent supporters for six molestations at his home.
An angry Metcalf briefly referred to the demonstrators who had gathered outside the courthouse in support of Carmelo Anthony, rejecting their claims that the trial was racially biased against a black teenager who acted in self-defense during a stabbing.
“This has nothing to do with race,” he said. “This is about right and wrong. The response from the public makes me sick to my stomach… The moral depravity is horrifying.”
Carmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing his son to death.
