‘Maybe they thought she was a nerd’
By Joe Kovacs
Kaylee Gain (Facebook)
The Missouri black teen girl who was seen on video bashing a white schoolgirl’s head into the pavement is reportedly prepared to apologize for the shocking beating, her family says.
It was the afternoon of March 8 when 15-year-old Maurnice DeClue got into a brutal confrontation with Kaylee Gain near Hazelwood East High School in the St. Louis suburb of Spanish Lake, and DeClue was seen in an extremely graphic video smashing Gain’s head. Declue has already been charged with assault for allegedly leaving the white schoolmate with a fractured skull and brain bleed following the 12-second incident.
DeClue’s mother, Consuella DeClue , told KSDK-TV in St. Louis that her daughter was “dismayed to hear” Gain was in a coma for so long, and relieved to hear about her recent improvements because, “she wants to apologize.”
“I just feel for my daughter,” she said. “She’s not a troublemaker, she’s not a bully.”
“Maurnice was not the aggressor,” she continued.
“This had manifested over a three-month period. My daughter was focused on her education, and I don’t know … maybe they thought she was a nerd.”
She claimed police have collected copies of Instagram messages that include threats to Maurnice.
“My daughter said she blacked out during the fight. I didn’t know she was being bullied,” Consuella DeClue said. “I would have pulled her out of school.”