GoFundMe for Missouri Teen Charged With Assault of Kaylee Gain Pulled Down, Family Claims She's the 'Real Victim'
The teen accused of assault Kaylee Gain 'wants to apologize.'
A fundraiser launched to help with the legal defense of a Missouri teen arrested on assault charges for a fight involving numerous people that left 16-year-old Kaylee Gain in critical condition has been pulled down, RadarOnline.com has learned.
"We set up a GoFundMe but it was taken down in hours, we have a lawyer. The family are all together and we will get through this," said the aunt of the minor charged with the attack that took place on March 8, claiming her niece is an honor roll student at Hazelwood East High School.
Gain suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed during the incident.
According to the aunt, she had only been "defending herself" during the brawl that erupted near campus despite a disturbing video captured during the melee showing her niece bashing the head of Gain repeatedly on the ground.
Gain suffered a fractured skull as well as brain bleeding with her loved ones sharing that her "road ahead remains long and uncertain."
She was left alone on the ground to convulse before EMTs arrived on the scene, her family shared, adding that Gain was admitted to one of the local hospitals in Saint Louis with frontal lobe damage.
Another girl took Kaylee's head and repeatedly hit it on the pavement during the March 8 brawl which was captured on camera.
The suspect's family said the situation is not what it seems and they have been subject to "multiple racist death threats" and alleged "doxxing" attempts.
Roughly $3,000 had been raised via the fundraiser that was launched March 16 before it was removed.
"I can confirm the fundraiser was removed and all donors have been refunded. GoFundMe's Terms of Service explicitly prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime," a GoFundMe spokeswoman told Daily Mail in response.
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The highest donation was $10k as many well-wishers sent their hopes for a speedy recovery.
Meanwhile, a Change.org petition has been set up to support the suspect, asking the St. Louis Juvenile Court to show "compassion."
The girl has a hearing in April after being charged with felony assault and her family said she "deserves amnesty and a chance at forgiveness," adding that her "fair trial hearing is being swayed."
Kaylee's loved ones said they are able to talk with her but "cognitively she still gets stuck on a repetitive loop" so they are helping her through that process.
There are two GoFundMe pages still active for Gain, one of which has raised $376,699 while the other has raised $29,400 to help cover lost wages and massive medical bills.
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"The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult," Attorney General Andrew Bailey declared on X, formerly Twitter. "If the victim dies, that offense should rise to a homicide."
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