The high school runner who hit the opponent in the head with the stick that cope with the assault and battery charges

A high school athlete is facing a fee of attack and battery offense after a video now shown hitting a head of the competitor with her wand during a relay event.

Alaila Everett, senior at the IC Nurch high school in Portsmouth, was leading the second stage of the 4×200 meters relay, when her cane hit Kalen Tucker, a junior from the Brookville High School, in the head. It happened on March 4 in the Championships of the League of Virginia State High School at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Bethany Harrison, the commonwealth lawyer for Lynchburg, confirmed ABC News on Wednesday that an accusation of attack and battery was issued against Everett on this.

Additional details about the case were not available immediately.

The video of the incident showed him on the amazing tucker and came after his head after he was hit before leaving the track. She gave up the wand and participated in the medical staff shortly after the incident. Later will be diagnosed with an emotion, she said for ABC affiliation Wvec in the hampton, Virginia.

“I was so unbelieving,” Tucker told Wvec. “I didn’t know what happened.”

Everett claimed that Baton Strike was an accident in a interview This was broadcast on “Good Morning America” ​​on Tuesday.

“I would never do this intentionally,” Everett said. “It’s not in my character.”

The 18 -year -old said that during the race, her arm was blocked, and her cane was hit on Tucker as they approached the corner of the runway.

“Her arm literally hit the cane – until it arrived a little before, and my arm blocked like this,” she said while holding a stick to emphasize the movement.

Everetts say I think their video shows that Tucker’s proximity has led to an accidental collision. According to the family, Tucker ran too close to Everett when he tried to cut him, which caused Everett to lose his balance and cane to contact Tucker.

Following the incident, the athletic director at IC Norom High School and Everett’s father apologized to the Tucker family in a phone call, according to Tucker’s parents.

The Virginia High School League told ABC News on Monday that it reviews the incident.

“The quality of VHSL member has always made a priority to give the students a safe environment for the competition,” Liga said in a statement.

Portsmouth Naacp said he was reviewing the incident, as well as “racial slugs and death threats” towards the Everett family.

“We have a collective hired to ensure that the criminal justice system, which we consider is not justified in this situation, is executed equitably and based on the appropriate process,” the organization said in a statement on Wednesday, while requested that Everett be “null of any criminal procedure.”

“Of all the reports, he is an exceptional young leader and scientist whose athletic talent was well documented and recognized in our state,” said Portsmouth Naacp. “It has been integrated with both the field and outside the land, and any narrative that judges its guilt for any criminal activity is a violation of its rights regarding its process.”

Victoria Arancio ABC News contributed to this report.