{"id":739,"date":"2026-06-23T18:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:57:53","slug":"austin-metcalfs-dad-blasts-karmelo-anthonys-family-for-skipping-sentencing-missing-their-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Austin Metcalf\u2019s dad blasts Karmelo Anthony\u2019s family for skipping sentencing, missing their statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Metcalf\u2019s grieving dad scolded Karmelo Anthony\u2019s parents for fleeing the courtroom\u00a0after the teen was convicted of murder<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 skipping the emotional statements from victims and leaving Anthony high and dry during sentencing.<\/p>\n

Jeff Metcalf expressed empathy to Anthony, now 19, while condemning his parents for not sitting through the entire proceedings at the courthouse in McKinney, Texas, earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The teen was ultimately sentenced\u00a0to 35 years in prison for\u00a0the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf\u00a0at a track meet in April 2025.<\/p>\n

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Austin Metcalf\u2019s dad, Jeff, blasted Karmelo Anthony\u2019s parents for not sitting through the full court proceedings in their son\u2019s murder trial earlier this month.Fox News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The elder Metcalf said\u00a0Anthony\u2019s parents, Kala Hayes<\/a> and Andrew Anthony, failed to return to the courthouse after the guilty verdict was handed down \u2013 leaving their son to learn his fate while they peddled the narrative he wasn\u2019t given a fair trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey weren\u2019t there for the sentencing and they were not there for victim impact statements,\u201d Metcalf\u00a0told Fox News host Will Cain<\/a>. \u201cThey left that poor child up there by himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metcalf told Cain that he hasn\u2019t spoken to Anthony\u2019s parents since the stabbing at the high school track meet at Frisco\u2019s Kuykendall Stadium where 17-year-old Austin\u2019s heart was\u00a0pierced with a $13 Walmart knife<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was also asked if he had received an apology, to which he replied, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hoping for some accountability maybe and some remorse,\u201d he said. \u201cNeither one was shown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anthony\u2019s family consistently claimed the trial had racist undertones.Jared Downing \/ NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anthony\u2019s legal team is already gearing up to file an appeal \u2014 and six lawyers confirmed they will be representing him pro bono, meaning free of charge.<\/p>\n

He previously claimed he was \u201cpenniless\u201d despite his family\u00a0raking in over $600,000<\/a>\u00a0in crowdfunding for his legal defense.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the latest on Karmelo Anthony\u2019s murder conviction:<\/h2>\n