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Police were called after 25-year-old Averie Chanel Medlock allegedly physically attacked and choked a female cheerleader.
Medlock, who is a biological male, says the female cheerleader used a “transphobic name” which triggered Medlock.
Following the alleged attack, Medlock was kicked out of summer cheer camp at Ranger College in Texas.
In a Facebook post, Medlock said, “Well guys I’m officially retired as a cheerleader as of last night at 5:30 AM. A girl on the team was being very disrespectful and told me I am a MAN with a PENIS and that [guys] should not be on the team.”
“I stood up for myself and she called her mom and dad because she was scared because I [stood] up for myself. Her father said ‘she still has testosterone and a penis and I will kill anyone who comes after my daughter.’”
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Police responded to the cheer camp at Ranger College in the central Texas town of Ranger after one of the participants claimed that Medlock attacked her, according to the New York Post.
The cheerleader who reported being attacked said that she and some of her friends barricaded themselves in a room to stay safe from the trans cheerleader.
The father who called the police denied attacking Medlock’s gender or race.
“I ask you 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,” the father, Mike Jones, said on Facebook. “At no time did I ever say anything about your race or your gender.”
Jones is also calling for the police to release campus surveillance video and the officer’s bodycam footage.
Medlock told the police that the choking act was just a joke and not a serious attack. But the police issued a citation for assault and removed the transgender student from the campus.
The trans student also insisted that the whole incident was instigated by a fellow cheerleader named Karleigh, according to KTAB.
