Girl charged in brutal attack on Kaylee Gain is ‘real victim’: Family

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The family of a Missouri teenager charged in the vicious attack on 16-year-old Kaylee Gain claims she is the “real victim” and had been the victim of harassment and bullying prior to the beating.

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Gain suffered a skull fracture when the 15-year-old repeatedly bashed her head into the concrete outside a St. Louis-area high school earlier this month.

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The aunt of the accused attacker told the Daily Mail that her niece — an honour student with a stellar record at Hazelwood East High School who plays in the orchestra and is on the volleyball team — was defending herself during the fight.

The teen suspect’s loved ones are asking the juvenile court system to show “compassion” for the teen and they are seeking $150,000 in donations toward her legal defence.

The girl’s family launched a petition on Change.org, pleading with Chief Juvenile Officer Rick Gaines of the 21st Circuit Court not to charge her as an adult.

“Prior to an incident on March 8th where she was seen defending herself from harassment and bullying, she had never been in trouble,” it read. “Her work as a scholar was tainted by the bullying she had to endure at school.”

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The family complained that “this single event is being used” to define the teen’s character – and hit out at Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey for saying that the 15-year-old should be charged as an adult if Gain does not survive.

“It is unjust that such an accomplished young woman should be charged as an adult for assault without considering all the facts of the case that led to the incident where harm occurred,” the petition continued.

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The family asked that all aspects of the teenager’s life be considered as her case winds its way through the courts, “most importantly her victimhood as a bullied student who was merely defending herself under intense and flight vs fight circumstances.”

The family claims that in the aftermath of the fight, they have received “multiple racist death threats” and have been subjected to alleged “doxxing” attempts, with people seeking to release personal information about the girl.

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“The focus should be to pray for the healing and reconciliation of both parties, as this truly was a teenage fight that should’ve never happened to begin with, but did and spun completely out of control,” the petition argued.

The sickening video of the brawl showed the girl repeated punching and smashing her head into the ground.

Gain has yet to regain consciousness, after suffering brain swelling and bleeding.

Gain’s family attorney released a statement earlier this week, asking the public to keep Kaylee in their “thoughts and prayers as she continues to recover.”

They also asked that people not go after Gain’s attacker, emphasizing that “they do not want any retaliation of any kind to occur toward anyone that was either directly or indirectly involved in this incident.”

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