Missouri schoolgirl Kaylee Gain “has no memory” of the brutal beating that left her hospitalized, her family’s attorney revealed.
The 16-year-old had been in the ICU since March 8, where shocking viral footage showed her head slammed into concrete during an altercation with another girl, who has since been arrested on assault charges.
Gain’s family revealed this week that the battered teen can finally speak “in limited verbal conversations,” but she still can’t walk and has no memory of the incident that landed her in the hospital.
“Kaylee also recently started speech therapy and has taken some short walks with the help of hospital staff, as she is still unable to walk on her own,” her attorney Bryan Kaemmerer said in an update Friday.
“However, Kaylee has no memory of the altercation that led to her hospitalization.”
Kaylee Gain’s family has revealed that the battered schoolgirl can finally speak after almost a month in the ICU, but
A viral video shows another teen repeatedly slamming Gain’s head into the pavement before the victim appears to suffer a seizure.
In his update on Gain’s condition on Friday, Kaemmerer also denied rumors on social media that the teen’s mother took her to the scene of the fight.
She said she was at work when the fight occurred and that a co-worker took her to the hospital when police called her about her daughter’s condition.
Previously, DailyMail.com exclusively reported that the attacker’s family claims she was an “honor roll student” who was “defending herself” in the fight.
However, Kaylee’s family has responded to these claims, saying they are attempts to “minimize” the defendant’s actions, suggesting that being in the choir and being “multilingual” makes her incapable of committing the violent act.
Kaemmerer added that it was unclear whether the fight was retaliation for an earlier fight between the groups involved.
It comes as Gain’s family issued a harsh reprimand to her accused attacker after she reportedly joked about joining WWE after the fight.
In a letter from Kaylee’s family to the public, her parents confirmed that the 16-year-old was finally released from the intensive care unit, where she had been recovering from the brutal injuries she suffered during the violent fight on March 8. .
Kaylee’s parents attacked their daughter’s accused attacker, who is in custody, and demanded she be tried as an adult.
“The family believes that trying the defendant as an adult is the most appropriate way to provide the justice Kaylee deserves,” Kaemmerer said.
Kaylee’s parents (her mother is pictured here) have also seen now-deleted social media posts just hours after the fight sparked by the accused attacker, in which she shows “a complete lack of remorse for her actions.” “.
Kaylee’s parents also saw now-deleted social media posts just hours after the fight sparked by the accused attacker, in which she shows “a complete lack of remorse for her actions,” according to the letter.
In one of the posts, the defendant allegedly admitted that her attack was “calculated” and joked about joining “MMA or WWE.”
According to the letter, “the family believes that trying the defendant as an adult is the most appropriate way to provide the justice Kaylee deserves.”
DailyMail.com spoke to relatives of the accused attacker last week, who insist she is, in fact, the real victim.
Her aunt confirmed that she was an honor roll student at Hazelwood East High School with an exemplary record and that she was “defending herself” during the fight with Kaylee.
The family has created a petition on Change.org, asking the St. Louis Juvenile Court to show “compassion” toward the schoolgirl, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Her aunt said Kaylee was not being bullied by her niece and urged people to donate to help with her legal bills as the situation was not exactly what it seemed.
In a letter from Kaylee’s family to the public, her parents confirmed that the 16-year-old was finally released from the intensive care unit, where she was recovering from the brutal injuries she suffered during the violent fight on March 8 ( pictured: Kaylee’s grandmother and mother)
The girl’s family says she “deserves amnesty and a chance at forgiveness,” adding that her “fair trial hearing is being influenced.”
The girl has been charged with felony assault and is being held in St. Louis Family Court, with a hearing expected in early April.
Her family describes her as an honor roll student who speaks four languages ​​and who was being “harassed and intimidated” before the fight broke out.
Kaylee’s family says they want “justice through the legal system,” but previously pleaded with other teens not to retaliate against her alleged attacker.
Video of the incident circulated on social media showing another girl slamming the teen’s head into the concrete after throwing multiple punches at her, sending her to the ground.
Kaylee appeared to begin having a seizure as groups of other teens fought a few feet away.
Police found the girl suffering from a serious head injury near the intersection of Norgate Drive and Claudine Drive, about a five-minute walk from the high school campus. She was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition.
Kaylee has been able to engage in “limited verbal conversations” and has taken some short walks with the help of hospital staff, according to her parents.
After news of the altercation broke, the Hazelwood School District issued a statement condemning the violence within the community.
“It is a tragedy every time children are hurt,” the statement said. ‘Bullying and fighting in the community is a problem that we must all take responsibility for and work to find a solution for the sake of our children.
“The Hazelwood School District offers our deepest condolences to everyone involved and will offer additional emotional support from our support and crisis team to those who need it.”