On July 21 at a cheerleading camp for a Texas college, a biological male identifying as a female was cited for the assault of a female cheerleader and booted from the camp. Averie Chanel Medlock, 25, was accused of choking a 17-year-old female, Karleigh Jones, at a cheerleading camp for Ranger College, a community college in Ranger, Texas.
Medlock, whose legal name is Averie Chanel Satchell, claims he is innocent and asserts that his side of the story wasn’t even heard before he was given a $500 citation and removed from the team. He insists that he is a victim of an “incident of transphobia and racism.”
Medlock shared video of what he says was the alleged crime, claiming the video proves that he did not attack the young woman. During the video, Medlock claims he was “just joking around” with the teenage victim of the alleged assault.
“This is video evidence that I did not assault her there were witnesses around you can hear me knocking on the door and you can hear her calling me a man and saying that I have a penis and you can hear me apologizing sincerely!” Medlock wrote.
But the video would appear to have been taken after the alleged assault, as Medlock asserts to a group of females in a room, “Y’all are f-ing taking this out of proportion. I was just joking with Karleigh. I’ve never done anything mean to Karleigh.”
If Medlock did nothing, as he asserts, why would he apologize?
“Her father is going around saying that I choked her out and made her pass out clearly I couldn’t even get into the room to even touch her so Mr. Mike Jones get your facts straight thank you!!!!!” the would-be transgender cheerleader asserted.
Again, the video posted by Medlock appears to have been taken after whatever happened — assault or not.
During the video, one of the girls in the room can be heard saying, “You’re a man.” and “You have a penis,” to which Medlock and his friends strongly reacted, referring to the girl as a “b*tch.”
Also, during the video, Medlock appears to admit there was at least some sort of confrontation previously, saying, “I barely touched Karleigh,” and, again, that he was “only joking.”
Mike Jones, the father of Karleigh, the girl who was allegedly assaulted, believes there is video of the assault that is currently unavailable but that he hopes will surface during an investigation of the event.
“Can we get the full video not the edited version that fit your narrative!” Jones railed in a Facebook post. “As we wait for these investigations to get over, I just wonder when this person will own up to their actions! And stop trying to ruin our lives!”
Jones reacted angrily when accused by Medlock and others of being transphobic or homophobic.
“I have a gay son, so don’t tell me I’m f***ing homophobic,” Jones said.
Jones described his emotions when his daughter first apprised him of what occurred: “I ask what you would have done when receiving a phone call at 1 o’clock in the morning from your daughter stating they had locked themselves in the room with other girls, after this person said You want to fight, and proceeded to put their hands around my daughters neck,” the worried father wrote on Facebook.
A statement from Ranger College claims that it takes “allegations of this nature seriously,” and goes on to say, “At this time, Ranger College is following all applicable Title IX regulations and Board Policies.”
In the end, the story appears to be a classic case of “he said, she said,” with Medlock asserting he did nothing to the young female Jones. If there is video of the altercation, as Jones’ father asserts, hopefully the matter will be cleared up to everyone’s satisfaction.
But as militant as the transgender movement has proven itself to be, the incident is not likely to be settled by any video evidence, no matter how damning it may turn out to be.
