Disturbing Karmelo Anthony Evidence UNSEALED!

Tax messages containing racist and homophobic remarks, admissions, violence, threats, and disturbing issues with anger. We just got dozens of pages of evidence. The jury did not see in the murder trial of Carmelo Ant. He's the track star convicted of killing a fellow athlete at a meat last year. At trial, attorneys had a so-called gentleman's agreement not to talk about the evidence that we're about to show you, including what might have been, damning character evidence that the defense was prepared to show the jury about the victim in this case, Austin Mech. Imagine setting your makeup then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours, with flexible all-day comfy grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new, grippy setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Maybe it's Mabelie! Cat, what this all now means moving forward as Carmelo Anthony and his high-powered team of lawyers are trying to have his conviction over turn. We're on the case presented by Lawn Crime. I'm Chris Stewart. While we have a lot to unpack in this episode, because we're about to show you why Carmelo Anthony's defense team may have agreed to limit testimony to what happened under a tent at the Frisco, Texas track meet last year. The so-called gentleman's agreement that was made between the defense and prosecutors would have included, it appears, some pretty damning character evidence. Now, this deal, though, meant that prosecutors would not talk about Carmelo Anthony and his past and some of the evidence that I'm about to show you. And on the other side, the defense wouldn't talk about anything damning related to Austin Netcalfe's character. He is the victim in this case. Now, as we followed the trial earlier this year, you might remember we had Cody Thomas in the courtroom from court TV each and every day, and we would do a recap. And one question we kept coming back to was, well, there were a lot of questions. One of them being why did Carmelo Anthony have a knife at a track meet? That never seemed to be answered. But the other part of it was, why was the defense, not doing more to paint a more positive picture of Carmelo Anthony? Talking about maybe his interests outside of school. The fact that he was this varsity football player, a captain of his team in Texas, and that he had dreams of going on to play college football. Well, now we may be seeing why. This is a 75-page document that we received. That includes a lot of the evidence that prosecutors did not show the jury at trial. We also have a document that lays out what might have been damning testimony for Austin Metcalf. The jury didn't see it either. 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Now, testimony at the trial was limited to what happened under this tent on August 2nd, 2025 because of this so-called gentleman's agreement that we're about to talk about. Now, the tent belonged to Austin Metcalfe's high school track team. Carmelo Anthony was competing for a different high school at this meet. Now, the defense testified that Carmelo knew someone under the Metcalfe team tent. So he went over to talk to that individual. Now, Austin Metcalfe didn't like the fact that Carmelo was there. He confronts Carmelo telling him to leave. Carmelo then put his hands in his backpack and said something along the lines of make me. And when Austin Metcalfe went to move Carmelo Anthony, that is when Carmelo pulled out a knife from his backpack and stabbed Metcalfe once in the chest. Austin Metcalfe would die unseen. Anthony, as you see in the surveillance video, he ran away. Now, a jury convicted Carmelo Anthony of murder. But Anthony now has a new legal team, some high-powered lawyers, a lot of experience in Texas who are trying to get his murder conviction overturned. And last month they argued that Carmelo should get a new trial and the so-called gentleman's agreement is one of the reasons why. Now, there's no written record of this agreement because lawyers didn't want the media to pick up on it as they negotiated it. Now, I'll show you what character evidence the defense agreed not to talk about related to Austin Metcalfe at trial, but I want to start with what Carmelo Anthony's original defense team did not want you to see. Now, the document we have, it's 75 pages and it has several text message conversations that go back to 2021. But on page one of the document, prosecutors have a screen grab of a text, they say Carmelo Anthony sent his girlfriend at the time, just hours before he stabbed Austin Metcalfe on April 2nd of last year. Anthony allegedly said, quote, "I'm low-key on the verge," then he emphasized that message to his girlfriend. Now, the context there potentially is that day prosecutors say that Carmelo Anthony's girlfriend went to a staff member at their high school accusing Carmelo of stalking her. She claimed that he even drove by her house and did not allow her to break up with him. Now, it appears prosecutors could have also made Carmelo Anthony out to be someone who was obsessed with violence and fighting. In 2024, Carmelo reportedly gave his girlfriend a to-do list to deal with, quote, weirdos. It included getting that person's name and giving them his number. And, quote, at the end, say something slick like my BF kill people. Now, Carmelo would have been roughly 17 years old when he sent that text message. And it could be argued for a lot of the messages I'm about to show you that this was a teenager who was talking tough. But then there are text messages that allegedly show that Anthony had been violence in the past, even the females. In 2021, Anthony allegedly admitted to hitting a girl in the face. Someone texted him, "Why you hit that girl, Bra?" And part of his response is, quote, "She started hitting me, and I was running. She started pulling my hair, so I punched that hoe in the face." Prosecutors write that Carmelo got a three-day suspension for that from school. He would have been roughly 13 at the time. Now, in 2024, Carmelo reportedly texted his girlfriend about hitting another woman. So this is within the calendar year of when he killed Austin Metcalfe. He texted, quote, "The girl and something else." His girlfriend responds, "Now you're going to tell me now?" And Carmelo says, "Okay, I punched her." In September of that year, he texted his girlfriend, quote, "This girl manager grabbed my butt, and I punched the actual f-word out of her, and she go yell that I be hitting my girl." Now, a lot of the text messages in this document were conversations between Carmelo and his then girlfriend. And in these conversations, we see that he talks about fighting a lot in the urge to fight. In November 2024, Carmelo allegedly threatened his girlfriend, saying, quote, "You dumb b-word. I f-wording hate you. I want to f-wording kill you. You b-word. I swear on my f-wording life. If I tell any of my f-wording family, I'ma get you. I'm going to get you b-word." And he also said, quote, "Baby, I'm just letting you know when I'm gone for the air force. If I find out you f-wording with f-wording, talking anything with somebody else, I will take my federal issued rifle, stick that rifle in your mouth, and murder you and him, and say it was PTSD." End quote. Now, again, on one hand, these messages were sent years before Carmelo Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf, but on the other hand, you have to wonder, should the jury have been able to see this side of Carmelo Anthony in court? Now, what impact would that have had on the outcome? Hard to say, considering that the jury pretty quickly convicted Carmelo Anthony of murder. But one question we also had, as I alluded to earlier on in this case, is why did Carmelo Anthony have a knife at a track meet? Why wasn't that addressed at trial? And apparently, that day in 2025, when Austin Metcalf was killed, it wasn't the first time that Carmelo Anthony allegedly brought a knife with him to a school campus. In November, 2024, he texted his girlfriend, and he also said he had a gun with him. Quote, "She went in my bag and get my computer," I said, "No," and she still went in it and grabbed it, and my gun and my knife and some other stuff fell out. And he goes on to say that he was unsure if anyone saw the weapons that he allegedly had in his bag. Then you have October, 2024, where Carmelo texted, quote, "When I stab somebody, I'm going to lick their blood off the blade." Just imagine what it would have been like in the courtroom had that been presented to the jury at trial. Now in September, 2024, or Carmelo threatened to stab his girlfriend, saying, "You, the knife I got." And she says, "What about it?" And he says, "None too important, bring my S word and find out the F word." Now here is a 2023 text message where he reportedly tells his girlfriend that he sees red and blacks out when he gets mad and quote, "When I get mad, I can't control myself." Now there are pictures that were also included in this document that show Carmelo Anthony handling firearms. This is from May of 2024 where he posted this picture on his Instagram, according to prosecutors, and this is one from November 2024, and it's of Carmelo holding a gun. And later that month, another picture of him holding a gun. Now there are also several racist and homophobic messages that prosecutors appear to have had that go back to 2021. Carmelo would have been 13 or so at the time. So it's unclear if that would have been something that actually would have resonated with a jury who were determining the fate of an 18-year-old, accused of murder in adult court. Now, it is graphic what he says. So I'm just not gonna put it up on the screen. But prosecutors say he had a racist rant that was found in his Apple notes. Now you can see going through those text messages. You see some of the pictures. Those are things that the defense probably did not want the jury to see. But this so-called gentleman's agreement also appeared to have backfired on the defense because in opening statements, Carmelo Anthony's defense attorney mentioned that Carmelo liked to play chess. Then on the final day of testimony when Carmelo was determining whether or not he was going to testify in his own defense, prosecutors alerted the defense that the deal was off. And that everything we just showed you would be fair game. And they say that's because the defense opened the door in opening statements by talking about Carmelo's character saying he likes chess. Now that is something that Carmelo Anthony's new defense team has brought up as they are trying to get Carmelo Anthony's murder conviction overturned. They held this hearing last month went on for two days. The court held the hearing and defense attorneys tried to get that murder conviction overturned and get him a new trial, but the judge denied that. Now at the same time, the defense appeared to have evidence that would have put Austin Metcalfe's character in the spotlight. This is an exhibit that was presented by Anthony's new legal team at the hearing when they motioned for a new trial. It was a motion that was made by Anthony's original defense team before the murder trial. Now this evidence that the defense had gathered includes allegations that Austin Metcalfe used the N word and conversations with his dad. And there are also allegations that Austin was aggressive. His twin brother named Hunter was there when Austin was killed and the defense appears to have been preparing to highlight situations in which the brothers got in physical altercations. Hunter was not called as a witness at trial. Now they reportedly also have a video from 2022 that shows Austin grabbing a kid's face and shoving it into his crotch and a situation where Austin allegedly choked another kid in the weight room. And they also alleged that Austin would use homophobic slurs. Then there's an incident where Austin and his brother were caught by police allegedly spray painting KKK and quote kill all black people on a sonic restaurant. Now again, the judge denied Carmelo Anthony's motion for a new trial last month. And now Anthony's legal team is pushing to appeal the conviction. And there's a new fundraiser that's been launched to try and raise money to pay for Carmelo Anthony's legal fees and other expenses. This one is on give send go. And it is aiming to bring in $250,000. Now you might remember the give send go crowdfunding fundraiser that Anthony's family and legal team launched in the wake of his arrest that brought in more than $600,000. Now as for now Carmelo Anthony, he is serving 35 years in prison. His attorney said at a news conference that the appeal process could take more than a year. Join us now to talk more about this criminal defense attorney from Texas, Anthony O so thank you for taking the time as always to be with us on long crime. What stood out to you? You go through let's first talk about the document that prosecutors have of all this, these text messages, these pictures of Carmelo Anthony, like what stood out to you when you went through that? The fact that it didn't come in during the trial at any point, especially the punishment phase. And so seeing this for the first time gives me a clear picture of kind of how things played out in the actual trial. But I mean, those are those are kill shots from a prosecutor's standpoint. And so seeing it made me wonder what it was that prevented or stopped the prosecution from getting into that during the punishment phase of trial. And I guess the gentleman's agreement as it's been described between the prosecution and the defense was to keep the testimony under the tent of this confrontation between Austin Metcalf and Carmelo Anthony. How common are these gentlemen's agreements? This was one, apparently, it wasn't even in writing because they didn't want the media to pick up on it like ahead of time, like how often does that actually take place even in a high profile of trial like this? In a high profile trial, it's less likely Chris, but it takes place more common than it should. There should never be a gentleman's agreement in a trial because in the end of the day, when you're defending somebody that's facing any amount of time, much less up to life and prison, it's imperative that the trial lawyers get everything on the record. That is what the appellate attorneys are going to base their appeals off of and what the appellate judges will base their decision, really off the four corners of the record from the trial. So you don't see for, you do see these gentlemen's agreements, but that's not necessarily the way you should practice law. Well, and I kind of see now because I remember when we were covering the trial as it was going on. And it was like, why are they not from what we were hearing in the courtroom like addressing or like trying to make Carmelo Anthony, you know, he was a high school football player. He had dreams of playing college football like that was never something that was ever brought up. And it was like, where's that part of the story? And it appears that this deal is the reason that didn't come up. And you look and you can see why like a defense attorney would not have wanted any of this to be put in front of jurors. At the same time, even though he was found guilty of murder, like how might if all of these text messages? And there's also the stuff that the defense had on Austin Metcalfe. How might that have impacted this trial and what happened? It would have majorly impacted the trial, right? To your earlier point, I think the public criticism was on the defense attorney. Why was their punishment case so limited? Why did we not hear the story of this young black male who's an athlete who claims to have acted in self-defense and is now facing a bunch of time? Why did we not hear a story that could conjure up some sympathy for the jury? And I think this extraneous offense notice for these all these extra crimes of the prosecution with hell is exactly why we didn't hear about it. If the prosecution was able to get into that evidence, it would have opened up the floodgates. And it would have resulted in a life sentence. So the defense probably-- they were walking a tight road, keeping that evidence out was hugely important. If a jury hears about murder threats, racial threats, predisposition to acting violent, after the defense has made the self-defense claim and the case in chief, that could have ended up even worse for Mr. Anthony, who will have a chance at parole in this case. And so it could have been the difference in a lot of time for Mr. Anthony. And he's serving 35 years. And if he serves all of the 35 years, I think he's in his mid-50s when he would get out. So he's still-- it's not easy for me to say, hey, he's going to have a life after that. But certainly for murder, we see people often go away for their entire lives. But the fact that-- and I remember the day that he was sentenced. And it was fast. It was like, there's the verdict. And then I remember his mom went up on the stand. And it was within a couple of hours the jury came back with 35 years. How might-- I mean, if this is inserted, it shows that he was someone who that day, Texas girlfriend, I'm on the verge. And he had talked about knives in the past. He had talked about robbing people in the past. They were the pictures of him holding guns. There's this-- he likes to fight. It seems, according to text messages. If all of that-- and that was the image of Carmelo Anthony, how might that have impacted the jury? And how they looked at him as a figure determining their fate, his fate, in such a quick amount of time as well, after that guilty verdict came in. Well, under Texas law Chris, you, on murder, you have to serve half of your sentence before you're even paralel eligible. So to put it shortly, it's the difference in being paralel eligible at 17 and a half years or being paralel of what, 30 years. And that's a big difference when we're talking about nearly 12 and a half more years of time. And so I think that, again, the defense's decision to keep that out was extremely important in this case. The caveat to that is maybe they could have used some of that evidence to show that he had-- to sort of build up a sudden passion argument that he had these feelings of rage and things like that. And they could have maybe brought in more mitigation as to what led him to that kind of behavior. But I think, to your point, that jury came back really quickly on 35 years. And so any kind of evidence about predisposition for violence threats against this girlfriend, pot-prior domestic abuse and behavior, it would have been really bad for Mr. Anthony. Now, on the flip side of it, and it's tough to read through. because Austin Metcalfe lost his life in a horrific way. But you see what the defense had related to his background. And they tried to paint him as someone who said racist things. Apparently, they have evidence of that. There's this racist graffiti situation that apparently there was body camera video of that. They tried to argue that he was this aggressive person. It seems like they were prepared to make that argument. But the prosecution as part of their deal was, you know, they didn't want that in the courtroom either. You know, and this was a case where Carmelo Anthony is seen as the aggressor because he's found guilty of murder at the same time. Like if you're the defense attorney on this case, how important might it have been to be able to paint Austin Metcalfe that way for as difficult as it is to talk about because we are talking about the victim in this case? I don't think that evidence would have been extremely important in this case because it needs to relate to how Mr. Anthony perceived Mr. Metcalfe at the time. If these are actions that Mr. Anthony didn't know about, then it really would have no effect on how he acted at the track meet that day. And the law in Texas actually has a car about where you can talk about sort of bad acts between the victim or the complainant and the defendant. It's called "nature relationship evidence". That's not what this is. And so if the defense, I mean if the prosecution put a witness on the stand and painted Mr. Metcalfe out to be some sort of angel and there was evidence that contradicted that, then it would become more important for the defense to get that evidence out there. But I don't think that's how it shook out in this case. And I think that the agreement ultimately benefited Mr. Anthony more than it harmed him. And one thing I looked at just kind of taking in these text messages and there's one part of it where he makes some homophobic statements and some racist statements but he's like 13 or 14 years old. Like we're not talking about someone, 2021 if you're 40 is very different than talking about what 2021 was for someone who was 13, 14 years old and then now is on trial for an adult court for murder. Like how had this all been, there's no gentleman's agreement. Like how do you kind of narrow the scope of like a text message and what that could mean and whether or not that would have been fair game in court? I think it comes down to argument, you know. I think that you pick the right jury from the state's perspective and you get parents who understand that children will be children and they will do stupid things things that they will regret, then jurors can put that in context. I think that racial statements at a really young age with all of the influences through social media and things that kids are exposed to these days is far different than violent behavior right up to the point of the murder one and two verbal statements to other people you're about to pop off and that you're looking for a fight. And so I think that that evidence would have come out but I think the attorneys would have been able to put it in context and I think that jurors would have been able to take that evidence for what it really was. Now looking at the appeals process who's denied an emotion for a new trial that happened last month after a two-day hearing and now his defense team plans to file an appeal and they brought up in a news conference kind of the difference between what happened last month it's like two-day hearing for a new trial that gets denied and then next month they're filing some sort of you know I guess the official appeal going forward like how does that process now work for Carmelo Anthony? Well as it relates to what we're finding out about this gentleman's agreement is that I don't see I don't see the actual evidence really coming into play. I don't again it wasn't in the record they didn't have a hearing outside of the jury the presence of the jury where the defense talked about the gentleman's agreement or the defense talked about all the evidence that they had against Mr. Metcalf or the state talked about the evidence they had against Mr. Anthony and so as it relates to the appeal I think the attorneys are going to have to get creative on how they make an issue out of this because as it stands I don't really see except for maybe an infectiousness council claim which is more of a post-conviction appellate issue it wouldn't really be in the direct appeal I don't see how they're going to make a large issue out of this. We've heard a couple arguments that his new defense team has made you know they were frustrated that there was no audio or video recording or live streaming that was allowed of the trial people were turned away from the public from being able to enter the courtroom they argued that certain media outlets weren't allowed in so they're going through and they're making a lot of these a lot of these arguments but like when it comes to an appeal I think he has like six new attorneys like what exactly are they doing over the next you know year or so or however long an appeal process may go on and figuring out whether or not his conviction could be overturned. Well they're going through what is probably a pretty long record. They're probably briefing they're probably drafting an appeal they're probably drafting briefs in support of their appeal they're probably investigating the case further they're setting date hearing dates to discuss either scheduling orders which is when the court is going to hear certain issues and when certain filings are due and things of that nature so appeals typically they don't they don't last in my experience last as long as the underlying trial would the direct appeal does take time and the overall appeal process can take years. How yeah that was my other question is just like kind of the bar of even if there are issues with his trial I mean this gentleman's agreements controversial to say the least but at the end of the day like typically in Texas how often do you see a murder conviction overturned. I mean it happens it happens and and again it's why it's so important to get things on the record even if you have a gentleman's agreement not not only from the perspective of preserving your client's right to object on direct appeal but also as a defense attorney it's important that you you do that so that they don't come after your bar card on the road or an ineffective assistance of council claim isn't filed against you down the road but you do see convictions overturned and I don't think the I mean in a with a good appellate court it's not the crime that really prevents the case from me overturned it's they should all be treated the same. Now in the end of the day it does come down to a harm analysis did the violation of the constitutional right result in a harm and were other things that were live in the trial it's it's kind of a balancing test like if a piece of evidence came in that shouldn't have come in but there was this video of the defendant committing the act on high definition camera then they'd run a harm analysis and if the unconstitutional evidence wouldn't outweigh it then it probably wouldn't overturn the case. And we'll see what happens next you know we'll see where this appeal process goes shocking to read I mean the 75-page document that prosecutors out and then even you know roughly 30 pages of what the defense you know potentially could have said about Austin McCaff in court we'll see what happens next Anthony oh so criminal defense attorney from Texas always great to have you on long crime thanks for being here. Thanks for having Chris. 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