Jeff Metcalf Accuses Pundits of Monetizing 17-Year-Old Son's Murder as 35-Year Sentence Stands
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Jeff Metcalf Accuses Pundits of Monetizing 17-Year-Old Son's Murder as 35-Year Sentence Stands
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Summary
Jeff Metcalf said commentators were chasing “clickbait” and “15 minutes of fame” by politicizing the 2025 killing of his 17-year-old son Austin and recasting it as a racial case.
Body-camera footage released after the trial showed Karmelo Anthony telling an officer, “I’m not alleged. I did it,” undercutting public claims that the stabbing at a track meet was self-defense.
35 years in prison was the sentence Anthony received earlier this month after his first-degree murder conviction, a verdict Metcalf said some TV personalities criticized without knowing the facts.
Metcalf said Anthony’s family never apologized and left the courtroom after the guilty verdict, while his own family is still carrying the trauma—especially Austin’s twin brother.