The father of the 17-year-old boy killed at a high school track meet in Texas reportedly referred to his son’s convicted killer, Karmelo Anthony, as a “watermelon felon.”
The phrase is widely viewed as invoking a racist stereotype.
According to TMZ, Jeff Metcalf made the remark on Sarah Fields’ “JinxedSip” podcast, which marked his first opportunity to speak out after a Texas judge lifted the gag order on the case.
The comments came just a few days after Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf in April 2025. Anthony, who is Black, was convicted of murder by a Collin County jury and sentenced on Tuesday.
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Jeff Metcalf went on to name multiple people, including Anthony’s father, saying he’s a coward who raised a coward. He also calls out Anthony’s mother, describing her as a “drunk b*tch” and asked her what she did to her son to “make him stab somebody.”
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He says he forgave Anthony for killing his son so he doesn’t “carry the hate and the anger,” adding that he doesn’t want it to “eat him up.”
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Jeff Metcalf previously urged the public not to politicize his son’s death or turn the case into a racial issue, saying after the sentencing that the case was about “right and wrong.”
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