Stephen A. Smith says 'Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf'

Stephen A. Smith is not mincing words erstwhile it comes to his instrumentality connected the Karmelo Anthony verdict.

On a caller occurrence of his Straight Shooter podcast, the commentator said, "Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf. There is nary different mode to portion it."

Anthony was convicted of execution and sentenced to 35 years down bars aft helium stabbed and killed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf astatine a precocious schoolhouse way conscionable successful Frisco, Texas, successful April 2025.

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Stephen A. Smith (C) attends a hoops crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks astatine Crypto.com Arena connected March 6, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

Smith besides challenged the thought coming from Anthony's ineligible squad that helium was "acting successful self-defense" erstwhile helium stabbed and killed Metcalf.

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The deadly altercation connected that fateful April time started erstwhile Anthony entered different team's structure astatine a precocious schoolhouse way meet. Metcalf and his duplicate brother, Hunter, approached Anthony, who was sitting nether their team's tent. The brothers asked him to permission arsenic it was not his team's tent.

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Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murdering Austin Metcalf astatine a way conscionable astatine Kuykendall Stadium successful Frisco, Texas. (KDFW)

The ESPN commentator besides said, "How does that warrant Karmelo Anthony pulling retired a knife?"

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Smith besides mentioned successful his podcast that helium was "not happy" with the constitution of the assemblage for the Anthony case.

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"I'm not blessed with the sentencing due to the fact that I'm not blessed with the assemblage — 18 jurors, astir six minorities, nary of whom hap to beryllium Black? I don't judge that's being judged by a 'jury of your peers'," helium said.

A tribunal sketch shows Karmelo Anthony during his proceedings successful Collin County, Texas, wherever helium was convicted of execution successful the 2025 stabbing decease of Austin Metcalf connected June 9, 2026. (Pat Lopez)

The assemblage for the proceedings was comprised of 12 jurors with six alternates, totaling 18.

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Karmelo Anthony stands successful a courtroom during his proceedings successful Collin County, Texas, connected June 9, 2026, soon earlier jurors were sent to deliberate. (Pat Lopez/Unknown)

However, passim the podcast, Smith inactive maintained his stance connected the lawsuit that has brought astir arguable disagreement and radical undertones.

"You cognize what truly hits location for me?" helium paused.

ESPN commentator and enforcement shaper Stephen A. Smith is connected acceptable successful New Orleans up of Super Bowl LIX connected Feb. 7, 2025. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

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He went connected to say, "I deliberation it would deed location for immoderate genitor who sends their kid to precocious schoolhouse — is afloat alert that they're competing successful track, and they get a telephone oregon a sound astatine the door, and they're told that their kid is never, ever coming location again."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Smith for comment.