Alaila Everett is speaking out after she hit an opponent in the head with her relay baton during a Virginia state championship race on Tuesday, March 4, leading to a wave of backlash and controversy over whether it was intentional.

Prosecutors in Virginia have charged a high school track athlete who struck a competitor in the head with a baton during a relay race caught on a now-viral video. The post ‘So she got hit’: Star high school track athlete now charged with assaulting competitor with baton strike to head during race first appeared on Law & Crime.

The high school track star at the center of a viral baton attack has formally been charged. Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery stemming from the March 4 incident,