Karmelo Anthony Family Seeks $250,000 for Appeal After Earlier $634,000 Fundraiser Drew Scrutiny
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
Karmelo Anthony Family Seeks $250,000 for Appeal After Earlier $634,000 Fundraiser Drew Scrutiny
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 6
Summary
$250,000 is the new target Karmelo Anthony’s family set to finance his murder appeal, weeks after a judge denied a new-trial request and after Anthony was sentenced to 35 years.
Anthony, 19, says he is indigent and cannot hire appellate counsel; attorney Russell Wilson said the money would cover filings, transcripts, investigators, experts and other appeal costs that could stretch beyond a year.
$30,194 had been raised on the new GiveSendGo page, which says donations will go into an attorney trust account controlled by Wilson rather than Anthony’s family.
$633,908 was raised in an earlier campaign launched in April 2025, but spokesman Dominique Alexander declined to detail where that money went, while denying claims it funded a car or house and saying some paid for relocation after threats.
The renewed fundraising push comes as newly released trial exhibits draw fresh attention to the case over the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet.