Karmelo Anthony’s self-defense claim in the stabbing death of fellow teen Austin Metcalf in Texas won’t get him acquitted of murder charges — even despite raising $600,000 for a big-name lawyer, a veteran defense attorney claimed.

The murder trial has not only reignited a racially-charged debate that first erupted after the April 2025 killing of Austin Metcalf, but has renewed calls for Anthony to receive the death penalty.

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teen charged with stabbing a high school football player to death at a track meet, has a big day in court ... his murder trial starts today, and the first order of business

The high-profile case against Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of killing Austin Metcalf, is heading to trial on Monday, June 1.

Social media rumors argue Karmelo Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf with a cleat sharpener and not a knife.

Donations are still pouring into Karmelo Anthony’s legal fund days before his trial for the controversial stabbing death of fellow Texas teen Austin Metcalf is set to begin — and his more than $600,000 haul could help him walk,

The case against Karmelo Anthony, the teen accused of stabbing fellow student Austin Metcalf, 17, to death in April 2025, is heading to trial on Monday, June 1.

Karmelo Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2025 stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet in Collin County, Texas. Anthony admitted to officers that he stabbed Metcalf,